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Quotes About Stance

I'm a right-wing conservative.
~ Ben Sasse
For a thousand years this stance would remain central to the art which emerged in the service of Christianity. It is interesting to note too that science, the philosophy of nature pursued by the Greeks, was also allowed to wither in the early Christian era.
~ Peter Whitfield
Non-reading is not just the absence of reading. It is a genuine activity, one that consists of adopting a stance in relation to the immense tide of books that protects you from drowning. On that basis, it deserves to be defended and even taught.
~ Pierre Bayard
The right shoulder is vital, being the one with which the southpaw employs his fast, and very effective, jab, which remains the cornerstone of his work.
~ James DeGale
As vocal as some people have been about how emotionally attached they've been to celluloid, I've been equally emotional in my stance that nothing is more valuable than this. Than being able to see the result of your work quickly.
~ Steven Soderbergh
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
~ Pat Robertson
I bat righty.
~ D. B. Sweeney
deciding that instant judgment was a more heroic stance than curiosity. When
~ Jon Ronson
On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.
~ Geert Wilders
No other German writer of comparable stature has been a more extreme critic of German nationalism than Nietzsche.
~ Walter Kaufmann
As a king, I have specified 2 urns as my backdrop, I have drank a cold Islamic green from my goblet, I have surveyed the Moorish lanterns of Iberia, so that when I come to a stance, when I come to a wisely chosen acre of granite, I am on grounds of a new undistinguished bodily grain, a prophet increased by fore-shortened spells, by Persian miniature gladioli, roosting upon the blood of erupting lateral wheat.
~ Will Alexander
I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.
~ John Kennedy
Most prochoicers have a line in the sand concerning abortion. There are very few abortion supporters who believe in abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
~ Abby Johnson
In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.
~ Jarvis Cocker
I have made it clear that I am supporting Modi for his work. This does not mean that I am supporting BJP.
~ Raj Thackeray
Curing environmental ills requires not a stance outside nature, but a stance within nature, a role not as onlooker without, but as an actor within.
~ Valerius Geist
The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics.
~ Ross Douthat
I explained to him - as I withdrew the cup, ripped open the sachet and dunked the tea bag - that tea was an infusion, which meant that it was vital for the water to be actually boiling when it came into contact with the leaves. He looked at me furiously... I had behaved like this many times before: taking Canute's stance in the path of the great surge of ill-brewed tepid tea that was inundating England.
~ Will Self
There's always something to say on both sides, even when one's a wrong side. That's what makes it all so tiresome-makes you wish you were dead. Take the right side and stick to that.
~ William Dean Howells
If they haven't earned your trust, you have no obligation to offer it. If they "dare" you, remember the "And Stance": "Don't you trust me?" "Actually, I don't know you well enough to be sure, and if you are telling the truth I assume you have no problem offering verification or a guaranty." Rather than simply reacting in kind, focus on your objective and how to move toward it.
~ Douglas Stone
More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.
~ Richard Branson
From a good lie in the middle of a fairway bunker, I'll make the same swing as I do from an average fairway lie. I'll dig my feet in slightly and keep my lower body stable so I won't slip, but I don't change my club selection or setup. It's only when the ball is sitting down in the sand that I'll make some modifications.
~ Ernie Els
Opposition comes to those who have taken a position.
~ Reginald Gatsi
good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. ~ Morihei Ueshiba
~ Renu Mahtani