Ground Quotes
3275 Ground quotes by 2232 unique authors
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Among men and women, those in love do not always announce themselves with declarations and vows. But they are the ones who weep when you're…
— Alice Hoffman
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When you visit a foreign city you are in it, but not of it, separated by a glass wall. Once, while a student, I was…
— Simon Hoggart
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Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground-floor. But if a man hasn't…
— Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get…
— Zora Neale Hurston
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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
— David Icke
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It is crucial that we develop real awareness of ourselves as citizens of Earth, linked by mutual and indissoluble bonds. When we clearly recognize this…
— Daisaku Ikeda
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Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people,…
— Johnny Isakson
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Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.
— Jesse Jackson
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The American people on the ground need a clearer, stronger, Lyndon B. Johnson-type voice from their president.
— Jesse Jackson
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I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find…
— T.D. Jakes
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The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
— Thomas Jefferson
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I have a much better relationship with the press than I did, I think because I stood my ground.
— Elton John
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We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in…
— Quincy Jones
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Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.
— James Joyce
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The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers,…
— Garrison Keillor
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There's something about taking a plow and breaking new ground. It gives you energy.
— Ken Kesey
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To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy…
— Alicia Keys
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When you don't have much money, you worry that they'll just put you in the ground someplace and your loved ones won't know where you…
— B B King
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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, 'Why god?…
— Stephen King
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About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But…
— Adam Kinzinger
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When I was 13, I had my first job with my dad carrying shingles up to the roof. And then I got a job washing…
— Ashton Kutcher
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Victory is won not in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.
— Louis L'Amour
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I think I work harder on the pitch, I cover more ground and my passing is more accurate.
— Frank Lampard
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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
— John Lennon
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