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Letter "G" » ground
«Language is not an abstract construction of the learned, or of dictionary makers, but is something arising out of the work, needs, ties, joys, affections, tastes, of long generations of humanity, and has its bases broad and low, close to the ground»
Author: Noah Webster
(Man of letter)
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Language
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«I have always argued that change becomes stressful and overwhelming only when you've lost any sense of the constancy of your life. You need firm ground to stand on. From there, you can deal with that change.»
Author: Richard Nelson Bolles
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Change
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argued, constancy, firm, ground, overwhelming, stand firm, stressful, with that
«I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don?t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don?t mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding.»
Author: Anais Nin
(Author)
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«Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.»
«I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.»
«Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.»
Author: Peace Pilgrim
(Spiritual leader, Teacher)
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feet, grinding, ground, grounding, ground out, heights, in height, loftier, lofty, thoughts
«Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.»
«My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon»
«It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.»
Author: Proverb
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«I pass with relief from the tossing sea of cause and theory to the firm ground of result and fact»
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