Custom said, 'Get up.' Society said, 'Get up.' Politics said, 'Get up.' The bus driver said, 'Get up.' But you gave her the power to stay seated. She heard your voice.
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Related Her cheek against the moss, the young princess she had been - Aelin Galathynius - reached a hand for... SARAH J. MAAS She lifted her eyes to his face, and found his gaze lined with silver. "Get up," was all he said. SARAH J. MAAS I never took that stuff personally when people said I was too young, too inexperienced. I get politi... ALEXI GIANNOULIAS I was saying, 'You've got to get up; you've got to get up,' ... He said, 'I'm getting up.' I went to... CHRIS CLARK He said we need to get more shots up. We're getting used to it. HELEN DARLING Her name...was Mrs. marina Orlova, and she had grown up in Siberia. Later, she would tell him that s... DAN CHAON I called out to her and said to bring Jasmine back and I would hold onto her, ... She said her daugh... MARCELLA ANDERSON Someone said if you want to get faster at mountain biking, get into road biking to build your stamin... RON HIGHT I've tried not to get too far ahead of myself or get caught up in what is being said. PHILIP RIVERS They said I grabbed the rim and pulled up to get the rebound. I was shocked. JOSH SMITH I told Dad about yesterday...I told him how I made all those mistakes. 'But you kept on playing... LINDA URBAN Youll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you dont have to remember what you have ... SAM RAYBURN You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you hav... SAM RAYBURN He was in and out of consciousness. He said he would hear the helicopters but he couldn't get up. CINDY DODDS How did life get so messed up?” Maggie dabbed at the corners of her eyes and exhaled, quietin... LAUREN GILLEY You tried to kill me. Don't think we won't be telling that story to our kids someday," David said. DEBBIE VIGUIé I said don't hang up..whatever you do, don't hang up. And I told him my predicament. I said I'm goin... STANLEY BAUCH John Kerry said today that he wants to get rid of tax cuts for the rich and his wife said, 'Hey, shu... JAY LENO There are gators, thousands of them. " said Rashawn. " Then we better get out of here before w... ROLAND SMITH Did you ever get fed up? I said. “I mean did you ever get scared that everything was going to ... J. D. SALINGER You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what... SAM RAYBURN I didn't want to get my hopes up. He might have said that I wasn't his daughter. HALEY JOWLE She tried to imagine what Charles would do if another man came up to him and said, "You bring me joy... PATRICIA BRIGGS I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-... JOHN HARVEY KELLOGG My husband said 'show me your boobs' and I had to pull up my skirt... so it was time to get them don... DOLLY PARTON Sometimes I don't get you,' I said. She didn't even glance at me. She just smiled toward the t... JOHN GREEN Keep your hopes high, even if you get knocked on your butt. Get up. Get up. Get up! STEVE MARABOLI I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone wit... ROBERT WILSON She told her to get ready to start mucking the poop. They said they're going to get [the farm] back ... LEAH SKIDMORE Oh, what would you like on your vegetarian pizza?" "Dead pigs and cows," I said. She glanced up at m... JIM BUTCHER It’s the Lord’s will,” she said quietly. “You get through it. You just never get over it. JODI PICOULT Patch leaned back against the booth and arched his eyebrows at me. The gesture said it all: Pay up.<... BECCA FITZPATRICK How do you manage it, she said, at your age? I told her I'd been saving up for her all my life. SAMUEL BECKETT She said she was in the clinic and heard a voice, ... I said, 'Yo, that was me.' NICK CANNON One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly:... JAMES HAGERTY That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" I... CASSANDRA CLARE My coach basically said I should step up. Their post players were very small. He told me to get big. CARL HAYES She said she was going to get us there. They left her open and she felt it. RANDY WAGONER Joey: But I-I-I can't stay too long, I gotta get up early for a commercial audition tomorrow and I g... FRIENDS He said that we have to take the blame for him because he promised his mom right before she died tha... DEREK KING People are so stupid, that they repeat your words and said in other words and what?? (I'm stupi... DEYTH BANGER How are the eyes?' 'Oh, excellent,' he said. 'I mean, they're not in my head is the only proble... JOHN GREEN Not bad,” she finally said. “At least you left out the oh-my-God sauce this time.” “Mad... RACHEL CAINE In that third quarter, they went up ... 16, we called a timeout and before I could get to the huddle... SAM MITCHELL I want to get ready, I really do, but I have a bad feeling about today," I said, lowering my voice f... E. VAN LOWE And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. BIBLE Aelin Galathynius smiled at her, hand still outreached. "Get up." the princess said. Celaena re... SARAH J. MAAS It's all your fault, Mother,' said Larry austerely; 'you shouldn't have brought us up to be so selfi... GERALD DURRELL She hollered, 'I can't get out!' I said, 'Don't worry, baby, I'm gonna get you out.' And I got her o... JAMES JAMISON It's easier said than done, but that's my challenge for this week, to stay calm and not think about ... MATT FLYNN He came by and said, 'Yeah, I heard you stood Les up,' ... I said, 'I didn't stand him up, he stood ... KATHY MILES So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a vo... TIM VINE She said every place she went, he showed up. SHANNON STEVENS She’s unhappy!” said Hermione, exasperated. “Why don’t you try and cheer her up instead of c... J.K. ROWLING We get up, go to a meeting, get on a bus, come here, get dressed, get on a bus, go to practice, get ... JAMAR NESBIT I don't want to get into a he-said, she-said kind of thing, ... But that was never an assurance give... WALTER SULLIVAN But. My hammer," said Thor. "Shut up, Thor," said Loki NEIL GAIMAN She said we got to get his name off the title. JOE ROBERTS You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your- CASSANDRA CLARE She said that he picked up her son and threw him on the floor. He said that the little boy had fell ... DEMETRA BLEVINS She always said that she should get a newer car, but she never did. HELEN LINHART They said, 'If you don't want to play, we completely understand. There'll be a lot of pressure, but ... JENNIFER HECHT And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the ... BIBLE When we got up 5-0, I don't think anybody said, 'OK we got him, ... Everybody kept pressing to get m... GABE GROSS When we got up 5-0, I don't think anybody said, 'OK we got him,' ... Everybody kept pressing to get... GABE GROSS She said she didn't want to grow up and do nothing. JUDY DOLECKI Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. BOB MARLEY They said she was under a bridge, and she heard someone calling her name, but it wasn't a voice she ... HONI REISMAN The deal came up to get into professional racing. Coach Carter wanted to train me, but I decided to ... ANTRON BROWN Levi opened his smile up completely. "Oh, put that away," Cath said with distaste. "I don't wan... RAINBOW ROWELL he said, ''you'd straighten up your act. GARY FISHER I contacted the mother and she came to the school very irate. At that point she made a threat to blo... ZICKEYOUS BYRD She always stood up and said we're going to stop Columbus from eating up lots of the land. She helpe... DAN PROVINCE We talked before the game and said we wanted to get the ball to Liz. No one can guard her. And we kn... LINDSAY BOWEN Doran stood on the dais, fists clenched. "All right," he said. "Let's do it, come on. Charge me up."... DEREK LANDY He said 'it's all in your head' and I said 'so's everything' but he didn't get it. FIONA APPLE Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your f... GERMANY KENT Get the hell away from her.” “I mean it Solange,” he said, his jaw clenching. “Get off her. ... ALYXANDRA HARVEY A manager can't just get up and leave if he's under contract,'' said agent Lon Cooper, whose clients... JEFF TORBORG One gentleman said it was his quest to have gooseberry pie at RAGBRAI. He said he didn't get any the... CAROL ANDERSON And they wanted Drew to get up and do some of his (stand-up) routine, but he hadn't done it in a whi... KATHY KINNEY Oooh, that was fun." "That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christma... CASSANDRA CLARE Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of p... STEVE MARABOLI Get up, stand up, Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up, Don't give up the fight. BOB MARLEY Something woke her up, and she said standing right at the foot of the bed was this girl. JACK MOYER My daughter said they had to get under the desks and turn out the lights. She said it was a little s... CAROL DAVIS They basically said, 'If you get pushed over that sucks and you might get pepper sprayed,' ... We c... DAN CLARK I just can't believe that life would give us to each other," he said, "and then take it back." ... RAINBOW ROWELL He said 'it's all in your head' and I said 'so's everything'but he didn't get it. FIONA APPLE I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, 'Get the hell off my property... JOAN RIVERS She said they're OK, but the house is flooded up to the second floor right now, BETTY WHITE Here lies Charles Cuevas. He once said "Gimme hockey, or gimme death." He didn't quite get hockey. EPITAPH Son," he said, "you monkeyed up. JENNIFER ECHOLS Okayyyyy,” Isabelle said in a low voice, “When did Brother Zachariah get hot? CASSANDRA CLARE What did he do to you?” “This,” I said, holding up my hand. There was a shattering... CHELSEA M. CAMERON Owen nodded. “Then let’s gear up and get out there.” And, please God, let them all come home s... ELAINE LEVINE Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights Get up, stand up Don't give up the fight. BOB MARLEY He was like, 'Big G, what up? Who you walking with?' ... I said, 'Nobody. I'm just sightseeing.' He... GREG ODEN He said, 'Just put the bat on the ball and let it happen. Robin got to the point where he walked up ... FRANK THOMAS When you get knocked to the ground you have 2 choices; stay down or get back up ITACH UCHIHA
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