Position Quotes

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I'm in no position to hand down any advice," he said, "but there's a rule I follow when I don't know what to do." "A… — Haruki Murakami
Woolf wanted to say dangerous things in Orlando but she did not want to say them in the missionary position. — Jeanette Winterson
Still in my coat and hat, I sank onto the stair to read the letter. (I never read without making sure I am in a… — Diane Setterfield
I was perpetually grief-stricken when I finished a book, and would slide down from my sitting position on the bed, put my cheek on the… — Marya Hornbacher
The death of God left the angels in a strange position. — Donald Barthelme
Besides, all my New York friends were in the negative, nightmare position of putting down society and giving their tired bookish or political or psychoanalytical… — Jack Kerouac
Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons… — Thomas S. Monson
She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel of the family, the strong place that could not be taken. And since… — John Steinbeck
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.… — Agatha Christie
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
...One of the reasons so many women say "I'm not a feminist but..." (and then put forward a feminist position), is that in addition to… — Susan J. Douglas
If you canâ€™t state your position in eight words, you donâ€™t have a position. — Seth Godin
From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position,… — Friedrich August von Hayek
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me;… — Wilma Mankiller
There is no reasoning someone out of a position he has not reasoned himself into. — Clive James
The Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if… — C.S. Lewis
Especially among Christians in positions of wealth and power, the idea of reading the Gospels and keeping Jesus' commandments as stated therein has been replaced… — Wendell Berry
She stopped and leant her elbows against the parapet of the embankment. He did likewise. There is at times a magic in identity of position;… — E. M. Forster
He loved the extensive vaults where you could hear the night birds and the sea breeze; he loved the craggy ruins bound together by ivy,… — Gustave Flaubert
The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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