Ian Stannard Quotes
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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
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The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.'
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You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.
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On the whole, I have quite a low opinion of men.
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Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won. So I think on that one I trump you.
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Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.
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It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
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Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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Is life worth living? Aye, with the best of us, Heights of us, depths of us- Life is the test of us!
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I am terribly glad to be alive; and when I have wit enough to think about it, terribly proud to be a man and an American, with all the rights and privileges that those words connote; and most of all I am humble before the responsibilities that are also mine. For no right comes without a responsibility, and being born luckier than most of the world's millions, I am also born more obligated.
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Love distills desire upon the eyes, love brings bewitching grace into the heart.
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We will get a test of the $1.10 low.
