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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
I love the sound and temperament of an upright piano.
If you are an upright journalist, nothing will happen to you.
Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand.
Everybody thinks I'm very clean and sort of upright, don't they?
I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.
When I am back home, I have an upright piano and I play constantly.
I consider myself to be very correct and proper: an upright citizen.
There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.
O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.
A disciplined and morally upright nation is built by disciplined and morally upright institutions.
The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.
The tombstone is about the only thing that can stand upright and lie on its face at the same time.
I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out.
We need all races of men, and decent women, to stand up for what's right, drop anger, and live upright.
It's not magic! It's physics. The speed of the turn is what keeps you upright. It's like a spinning top.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
I run upright mostly when I see daylight, so if you watch film you'll see I don't get hit in the chest much.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
No one expects the doormat to stand upright, shake itself off, and amble down the street to seek its own happiness.
I like things matching. I have an upright bass, a drum kit and a grand piano that's the same color. I tend to overthink things.
Superman tends to stand very upright, and he's very symmetrical, and those are actually the most difficult poses for me to draw.
When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.
Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
The champagne tastes the same if you're sitting bolt upright or sunk back into a sofa, so you might as well be upright, because you look better.
Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?
Cyprus was a breath away from economic collapse. It was a big battle in which we came out wounded, but upright and determined to make a fresh start.
My mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.
Parenting is difficult under any circumstances, and in my father's view, to raise a morally upright and honest child, you sometimes have to lie to him.
We hope to find more pieces of the puzzle which will shed light on the connection between this upright, walking ape, our early ancestor, and modern man.
G-Dragon is a fancy person. People don't expect the upright image of G-Dragon. Kwon Ji Yong is an introvert and has lots of things going on in his head.
I play the piano. I bought an upright piano that is actually electric, so I can practice my scales with headphones on and not make my neighbours' lives hell!
They have so fundamentally flawed techniques it's ridiculous. They shoot the ball flat. They all stand upright, there's just so many things they do incorrectly.
In the city, I wake bolt upright in the small hours, convinced that intruders are marauding through our apartment despite Swiss bank-style security arrangements.
Dorsey played the upright bass and steel guitar, as well as acoustic guitar. Johnny played acoustic guitar and together they were fabulous songwriters and singers.
So Pa sold the little house. He sold the cow and calf. He made hickory bows and fastened them upright to the wagon box. Ma helped him stretch white canvas over them.
I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos.
My mother had a lot of parties when I was a child. There'd always be a moment when she would place me on the upright piano and have me sing Somewhere 'Over the Rainbow'.
I'd started doing fanzines from the age of nine. I'd been doing as many copies as you can get carbon paper into an upright typewriter, and I'd try to sell them at school.
Stylistically, though, I've always liked Carlos Condit, because he at least amounted to at least the level of doing what I do. I mean, but I think he stands a little upright.
Definitely practice in the mirror before you attempt it. You have to use your body in the upright position, you can use your knees for support and that's the only way you can twerk.
I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.
Someone skipped on the rent and they left behind a huge upright piano, which got moved into our apartment so the other apartment could get rented out. I took to it and started playing.
Man is that being who invented the gas chambers of Auschwitz; however, he is also that being who entered those chambers upright, with the Lord's Prayer or the Shema Yisrael on his lips.