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Detroit is a city that really stands out. It's been through a very difficult time. There's been a lot of pain here, and the city, physically, has suffered. You can see it in certain neighborhoods, and there's buildings downtown that have been abandoned.
Michael Imperioli

Time, Pain, Through

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands.
Lefty Gomez

Home, Special, Off

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.
Ernest Thompson Seton

Down, Here, Water

If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party.
Dennis Ross

Today, Win, Reflection

At the beginning of all experimental work stands the choice of the appropriate technique of investigation.
Walter Rudolf Hess

Work, Choice, Beginning

We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.
Francis Wright

Religion, Human, Once

To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing all sort of fanfare things in it and it works really well. It goes down great with audiences.
Roy Wood

Great, Down, Song

The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding.
Chris Van Allsburg

Time, Two, Small

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
Vernon Jordan

Tragedy, Terrible, September

And, I hope now that everybody understands that the Labour Party - as it always has done - stands for free speech and individual Members of the Labour Party are entitled to exercise that free speech.
Ron Davies

Hope, Done, Free

It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
S. I. Hayakawa

Die, Before, Chance

Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
Eduardo Chillida

Work, Art, Between

One thing that stands out throughout the entire year was that in South Dakota we are much more united than we are divided. Now the divided part creates news, but the united part is what moves us forward.
Mike Rounds

Forward, Year, United

In most of the European countries - France stands out in its resistance to this particular form of American cultural imperialism - the national film industries were forced onto the defensive after the war by such binding agreements.
Fredric Jameson

War, After, American

Social paralysis is strong and stands firmly in the way of change on the ground level. As allies, we have to prepare ourselves to step into the fire when necessary, even - and especially - when said fire is merely a still-lit cigarette tossed carelessly onto the street.
Jack Antonoff

Change, Strong, Fire

An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.
Glenn Ford

Done, Him, Sure

Based on what our country stands for. We can't fail to stand for democracy.
Kelly Ayotte

Democracy, Country, Stand

I think it is very important for any U.S. administration to be clear that America stands on the side of freedom and democracy and respect for individual rights.
Stephen Hadley

Freedom, Respect, Important

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.
Arthur Cohn

Nothing, America, Means

I'm the guy that stands out in all the crowds, so I don't get out there and dance, but I can dance.
Tracy McGrady

Dance, Guy, Crowds

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
Lucan

Name, Shadow, Glorious

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.
Fred Perry

Work, Down, Sit

Christians well know that the much-decorated statue of the Church, as it now stands, is not of pure chiseled marble, but of clay, cemented together by blood and tears and hardened in the fires of hatred and persecution.
Virchand Gandhi

Together, Hatred, Blood

Somebody like Mailer brings to that role everything that he stands for. The types of characters that I gravitate towards, the types of icons, tend to have a heavy physicality in that way.
Matthew Barney

Somebody, Role, Characters

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.
Renee Olstead

Life, Best, Cool

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.
Stephen Spender

Religion, Sun, Church

Man, if I made one million dollars I would come in at six in the morning, sweep the stands, wash the uniforms, clean out the office, manage the team and play the games.
Duke Snider

Morning, Play, Team

In the last ten years of watching films I have found that some of the foreign films I saw affected me most. One American film that stands out for me for its workmanship and artistry is 'Ratatouille.' It was an astonishing effort in filmmaking.
Irvin Kershner

American, Last, Effort

We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.
Carolyn Maloney

Women, Long, Law

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.
Irving R. Kaufman

Someone, Special, Everyone

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