Position Quotes

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[T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is rather to learn… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Genuine human friendship is on the basis of human affection, irrespective of your position. Therefore, the more you show concern about the welfare and rights… — Dalai Lama
Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one is… — Thomas Merton
Your life and my life have turned out, and once you get that, life goes on from a position of having turned out. That's called… — Werner Erhard
Most of the things I do brand wise are both missionary and mercenary in their position, and that's really important to me; that's one of… — Mike Rowe
... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker to certain rules… — Henry David Thoreau
If all feeling for grace and beauty were not extinguished in the mass of mankind at the actual moment, such a method of locomotion as… — Ouida
Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower abdomen and his mental focus.… — A. G. Mohan
Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can't rush. You can't skip to the next position. You find… — Madonna Ciccone
In whatever position one is in, or in whatever condition in life one is placed, one must find balance. Balance is the state of the… — B.K.S. Iyengar
A doctor recently described to me "benign positional vertigo": it means you get dizzy in certain positions, but you can get over it without necessarily… — Mignon McLaughlin
My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance. — Mignon McLaughlin
In the face of such overwhelming statistical possibilities hypochondria has always seems to me to be the only rational position to take on life. — John Diamond
A woman's long hair symbolizes that she submits to God's plan and to the family leadership of her husband. It is her glory. It is… — David K. Bernard
You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position. — Lajos Kossuth
Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage in personal discussions… — John F. Kennedy
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view… — George Eliot
Let a prize lower my position, if it causes me to be read; that I prefer immediately to all the honors. — Marcel Proust
A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the… — Mark Twain

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