Position Quotes
2906 quotes by 2264 authors
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I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I restricted when I…
— Portia de Rossi
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It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, 'Don't listen to…
— A A Milne
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So I have just one wish for you – the good luck to be somewhere where you are free to maintain the kind of integrity…
— Richard P. Feynman
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He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and his side had…
— Karl Marlantes
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A man of character will make himself worthy of any position he is given.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recongize her relations as an individual…
— Kate Chopin
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She thinks petting me is an honor. This is an unexpected position to take for a goddess of slaughter, but I applaud her defiance of…
— Kevin Hearne
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Deep inside her (ih her harrowed soul) she felt a glowing ember of fury at the man responsible for this. Tha man who had put…
— Stephen King
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The difference between magic and meditation methods is the difference between drugs and diet—medicines will do swiftly what diet can only effect slowly, and in…
— Dion Fortune
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Will there ever be an encyclopedia? Possibly. I would say two things about the encyclopedia: firstly, I’ve always said and I stand by it, whenever…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Leaders in all realms and activities of life knew that the power they had come to hold existed because they were responsible to serve the…
— Vanna Bonta
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The odd thing, my dear," said her father, "is that once one has ceased trying to protect self, one finds one's self in a very…
— Donita K. Paul
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A uniform cordoned off the area with crime scene tape. The M.E. pulled in and parked. There were two EMT trucks idling at the edge…
— Janet Evanovich
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For some of us love comes into the room, kicks her shoes off, ï¬nds the most comfortable sofa, and lies down, rests, has no intention…
— Eric Jerome Dickey
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Make me forget." A whisper, a plea. Not giving her what she wanted wasn't even an option. He switched their positions so she was under…
— Nalini Singh
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Does he love me? “You’re asking the wrong question. What you need to know is are you in a position to give him the love…
— Paulo Coelho
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When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
— John Maynard Keynes
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...like a grain of sand that gets into an oyster's shell. What if the grain doesn't want to become a pearl? Is it ever asked…
— Robin McKinley
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Fighting positions, please, ladies...' 'That's debatable,' Halt said in an undertone to Will as they stood watching... 'The 'fighting' part or the 'ladies' part?' Will…
— John Flanagan
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Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then…
— Peter Singer
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