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“I had as well be killed running as die standing.” Frederick Douglass, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave” - 1845

“Be cheerful also, and seek not external help nor the tranquility which others give. A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.” Marcus Aurelius, “Meditations” - c. 170 - 180

“love is what moves the world, I’ve always thought.. it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity always seems to want to pull them down... bring them low... and make them crawl...” Stephen King, “The Stand” - 1978

“Integrity is the ability to stand by an idea.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“They also serve who only stand and wait.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., “Over the Teacups” - 1891

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