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Learn to value the one you're indifferent about; in times of trouble, they're the first to extend a helping hand. Otherwise, one day, you'll search for them, only to find an empty space where their kindness once stood – Christen Kuikoua	added by anonymous 13 days ago
Today—when the Speaker continued to not recognize me as a duly elected official—my constituents & community protested on behalf of their democratic right to be heard. I raised my mic and stood in solidarity with them. I am devoted to those who rise in defense of democracy. – Zooey Zephyr	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The community was really special because a lot of these folks then were sharing different things that they had done to achieve success in terms of getting accounts in different places. They also were able to share different regional banks that have stood up and been like, ‘Hey, if you have accounts at SVB, we can help you guys,’. – Asya Bradley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s quite remarkable. The country essentially stood up an entire child care program in a matter of months. – Chris Herbst	Found on CNN 1 year ago
People are still learning how to tackle online dating, and people still get ghosted. Being stood up sucks, even when it happens on a beautiful island. Your insecurities do n’t just disappear when you cross an ocean. – Courtesy Loni James	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He calls it like it is, but there is goodness in his music. And that’s all I’m left with now. He’s gone, i cannot be at his wedding. I’ll never see a grandchild … because someone refused to help him. No one stood up to stop what was going on. We have to do better. – Caroline Ouko	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My brother and his two children were asleep when the water came. I live close to them, and I tried to shout for them to come out, they came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away. – Sarah Chinangwa	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away. – Sarah Chinangwa	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's much, much bigger than that. I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated. – Charlton Heston	added by Normando 1 year ago
These attacks against members of our Jewish community in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood are absolutely unacceptable, at a time of increased anti-Semitism, these acts have understandably set communities on edge. Just last December, I stood blocks away from where these incidents occurred as we celebrated the first night of Hanukkah together. – Karen Bass	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A soldier stood in front of me and he introduced himself. He said Daniil Martynov was Daniil Martynov, Daniil Martynov. He said that if Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops behaved Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops, then Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops would live — they would n’t kill Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops, would n’t hurt Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops. – Maryna Hanitska	Found on CNN 1 year ago
London has stood with Kyiv since day one, since the first seconds and minutes of the full-scale war. Great Britain, you extended your helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand how to react. – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He’s being rewarded already by having his colleagues and peers watching what he is doing and emulating him across the country, ron DeSantis stood up for parents when no one else was. I think he’s a leader that way, and parents across the country have recognized him for that. – Tiffany Justice	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’ve never seen an officer – or even heard of an officer – standing somebody up off the ground because your job is to get control and be done, but they stood [Nichols] up so they could punch him back down, it bothered me to no end. And it bothers me still. – Tim Alexander	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I didn't think the youngest would be able to do it. She was seven at the time of the trial, but justice demanded that I try her on the stand if I wanted to get a conviction on that count. Six minutes she stood in the doorway sobbing. – Attorney Lara Roetzel	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
From the very moment that it opened, this bridge has stood as one of the most essential and recognizable in our country. – Pete Buttigieg	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Mr. Longstreet … and Mr. Adams-Wright stood over Mr. Hudson and fired multiple rounds into his body. – Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I have called out China, the Chinese Communist Party. I have stood very, very firm with them on their human trafficking, their modern slavery, their human abuses and their fentanyl. I've called them out and stood up to them to the point now that I am sanctioned for the rest of my life by the Chinese Communist Party, if I can stand up to the Chinese Communist Party, I can stand up to special interest groups in Kentucky and stand firm and strong for what Kentuckians deserve. And that's the promise. – Kelly Craft	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I braced myself, went in. The room was dimly lit, unfamiliar - I ’d been inside it only once in my life. I moved ahead uncertainly, and there she was. I stood, frozen, staring. I stared and stared. It was difficult, but I kept on, thinking how I ’d regretted not seeing my mother at the end. Years of lamenting that lack of proof, postponing my grief for want of proof. Now I thought : Proof. Careful what Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry wish for. – Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Nearly all the military equipment, which stood close to the building without the slightest sign of camouflage, was also destroyed, there are still no final figures on the number of casualties, as many people are still missing. – Igor Girkin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
George Santos represents the kind of progress than the Left is so threatened by – a gay, Latino, first generation American and Republican who won a Biden district in overwhelming fashion by showing everyday voters that there is a better option than the broken promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party. After four years in the public eye, and on the verge of being sworn in as a member of the Republican led 118th Congress, the New York Times launches this shotgun blast of attacks, it is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. As Winston Churchill famously stated, ‘You have enemies? Good. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in you life,'. – George Santos	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. As Winston Churchill famously stated, ‘You have enemies? Good. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in you life,'. – Joseph Murray	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
You can damn well bet that railroaders took note of who stood with us and who failed to support the basic common decency of paid sick days. – Clark Ballew	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Gretchen Whitmer continues to take cues directly from her union bosses who shut schools down, kept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary, and created an education crisis in our state. She stood on the debate stage and blatantly lied that Michigan schools were only closed down for 3 months, her running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system - total disregard for kids and parents. – Tudor Dixon	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

Learn to value the one you're indifferent about; in times of trouble, they're the first to extend a helping hand. Otherwise, one day, you'll search for them, only to find an empty space where their kindness once stood

– Christen Kuikoua

added by anonymous
13 days ago

Today—when the Speaker continued to not recognize me as a duly elected official—my constituents & community protested on behalf of their democratic right to be heard. I raised my mic and stood in solidarity with them. I am devoted to those who rise in defense of democracy.

– Zooey Zephyr

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The community was really special because a lot of these folks then were sharing different things that they had done to achieve success in terms of getting accounts in different places. They also were able to share different regional banks that have stood up and been like, ‘Hey, if you have accounts at SVB, we can help you guys,’.

– Asya Bradley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s quite remarkable. The country essentially stood up an entire child care program in a matter of months.

– Chris Herbst

Found on CNN
1 year ago

People are still learning how to tackle online dating, and people still get ghosted. Being stood up sucks, even when it happens on a beautiful island. Your insecurities do n’t just disappear when you cross an ocean.

– Courtesy Loni James

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He calls it like it is, but there is goodness in his music. And that’s all I’m left with now. He’s gone, i cannot be at his wedding. I’ll never see a grandchild … because someone refused to help him. No one stood up to stop what was going on. We have to do better.

– Caroline Ouko

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My brother and his two children were asleep when the water came. I live close to them, and I tried to shout for them to come out, they came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away.

– Sarah Chinangwa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They came out and stood at a rock which was at a higher place, but moments later they were all washed away.

– Sarah Chinangwa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As I have stood in the crosshairs of those who target Second Amendment freedoms, I've realized that firearms are not the only issue. No, it's much, much bigger than that. I've come to understand that a cultural war is raging across our land, in which, with Orwellian fervor, certain acceptable thoughts and speech are mandated.

– Charlton Heston

added by Normando
1 year ago

These attacks against members of our Jewish community in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood are absolutely unacceptable, at a time of increased anti-Semitism, these acts have understandably set communities on edge. Just last December, I stood blocks away from where these incidents occurred as we celebrated the first night of Hanukkah together.

– Karen Bass

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A soldier stood in front of me and he introduced himself. He said Daniil Martynov was Daniil Martynov, Daniil Martynov. He said that if Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops behaved Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops, then Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops would live — they would n’t kill Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops, would n’t hurt Vasco Cotovio/CNN Russian troops.

– Maryna Hanitska

Found on CNN
1 year ago

London has stood with Kyiv since day one, since the first seconds and minutes of the full-scale war. Great Britain, you extended your helping hand when the world had not yet come to understand how to react.

– Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s being rewarded already by having his colleagues and peers watching what he is doing and emulating him across the country, ron DeSantis stood up for parents when no one else was. I think he’s a leader that way, and parents across the country have recognized him for that.

– Tiffany Justice

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve never seen an officer – or even heard of an officer – standing somebody up off the ground because your job is to get control and be done, but they stood [Nichols] up so they could punch him back down, it bothered me to no end. And it bothers me still.

– Tim Alexander

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I didn't think the youngest would be able to do it. She was seven at the time of the trial, but justice demanded that I try her on the stand if I wanted to get a conviction on that count. Six minutes she stood in the doorway sobbing.

– Attorney Lara Roetzel

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

From the very moment that it opened, this bridge has stood as one of the most essential and recognizable in our country.

– Pete Buttigieg

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Mr. Longstreet … and Mr. Adams-Wright stood over Mr. Hudson and fired multiple rounds into his body.

– Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have called out China, the Chinese Communist Party. I have stood very, very firm with them on their human trafficking, their modern slavery, their human abuses and their fentanyl. I've called them out and stood up to them to the point now that I am sanctioned for the rest of my life by the Chinese Communist Party, if I can stand up to the Chinese Communist Party, I can stand up to special interest groups in Kentucky and stand firm and strong for what Kentuckians deserve. And that's the promise.

– Kelly Craft

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I braced myself, went in. The room was dimly lit, unfamiliar - I ’d been inside it only once in my life. I moved ahead uncertainly, and there she was. I stood, frozen, staring. I stared and stared. It was difficult, but I kept on, thinking how I ’d regretted not seeing my mother at the end. Years of lamenting that lack of proof, postponing my grief for want of proof. Now I thought : Proof. Careful what Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry wish for.

– Chris Jackson/Getty Images Harry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Nearly all the military equipment, which stood close to the building without the slightest sign of camouflage, was also destroyed, there are still no final figures on the number of casualties, as many people are still missing.

– Igor Girkin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

George Santos represents the kind of progress than the Left is so threatened by – a gay, Latino, first generation American and Republican who won a Biden district in overwhelming fashion by showing everyday voters that there is a better option than the broken promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party. After four years in the public eye, and on the verge of being sworn in as a member of the Republican led 118th Congress, the New York Times launches this shotgun blast of attacks, it is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. As Winston Churchill famously stated, ‘You have enemies? Good. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in you life,'.

– George Santos

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. As Winston Churchill famously stated, ‘You have enemies? Good. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in you life,'.

– Joseph Murray

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You can damn well bet that railroaders took note of who stood with us and who failed to support the basic common decency of paid sick days.

– Clark Ballew

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Gretchen Whitmer continues to take cues directly from her union bosses who shut schools down, kept our kids locked down at home longer than necessary, and created an education crisis in our state. She stood on the debate stage and blatantly lied that Michigan schools were only closed down for 3 months, her running-mate Garlin Gilchrist even had the audacity to say we must first take care of the adults in our education system - total disregard for kids and parents.

– Tudor Dixon

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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