Grounded Quotes - Page 16

• Democracy is grounded upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even halfwits would argue it to pieces. Its first concern must be to penalize the free play of ideas.

  H. L. Mencken

  Play, Ideas, Democracy

  In Defense of Women, rev. ed., introduction (1922)

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• I agree, Dad. I was just explaining to the woman why we don’t look anything alike and why you would have been younger than me when I was born. It doesn’t mean I don’t love you ‘cause you know I do. Make one snotty comment in anger when you’re twelve years old going through puberty and getting grounded, and you pay for it for the rest of your life. Parents ain’t got no sense of humor. (Omari)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dad, Love You, Mean

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2009). “Born Of Ice: Number 3 in series”, p.99, Hachette UK

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• True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

  Allan Lokos

  Compassion, Virtue

  Allan Lokos (2012). “Patience: The Art of Peaceful Living”, p.109, Penguin

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• I have such a respect and fascination for dance. I can be light as air or stay grounded. Dance is really another universe.

  Shakira

  Light, Air, Fascination

  "I Know What I Stand For". Interview with Katie Couric, www.glamour.com. November 29, 2009.

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• I have a girlfriend and she really keeps me grounded. Makes me normal.

  Ian Axel

  Girlfriend, Normal

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Especially in New York, where things are quite chaotic, I work out to stay grounded. Having that time, whether I'm running or doing yoga I get to challenge myself by creating mini goals and have little personal victories.

  Erin Heatherton

  Running, New York, Yoga

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• By closely supervising our infants, by allowing them to do what they are capable of, by restraining ourselves from rescuing them too often, by waiting and waiting and waiting, by giving minimal help when they really need it, we allow our infants to learn and grow at their own time and in their own way. I believe that, no matter how much and how fast the world changes, a well-grounded, competent, and confident person is best equipped to adapt to it. This is our goal.

  Magda Gerber

  Believe, Giving, Goal

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• I'm really starting to learn the value of silence and meditation. I keep my sanity in the middle of a hectic day by taking some me time or sometimes watching a guilty pleasure on TV, doing absolutely nothing, or just hanging out with friends and family. They keep me grounded and centered.

  Naturi Naughton

  Silence, Meditation, Family And Friends

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If we are absolutely grounded in the absolute love of God that protects us from nothing even as it sustains us in all things, then we can face all things with courage and tenderness and touch the hurting places in others and in ourselves with love.

  James Finley

  Love, God, Hurt

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• And it's easy to stay grounded. The ground is very close. And we walk on it every day.

  Keanu Reeves

  Easy, Walks

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. October 20, 2013.

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• The moment right now, it's a tragically regressive time we live in, you know. We just grounded the Concorde. Where's the future? We've lost the future.

  Aleksandra Mir

  Moments, Lost, Right Now

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• You're going to get a lot of advice coming from many different quarters to do things that don't feel right to you, that don't reflect who you are and what your values are. So you have to be grounded in who you are and what you believe.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Advice, Different

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I'm lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while and they don't care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way - to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny pretty things. I stay in the moment, because when you do that the hype goes away.

  Zoe Kravitz

  Hype, Parent, Stuff

  "Interview: Zoe Kravitz – ‘Yelling To The Sky’ (Opens In NYC Tomorrow, 12/14)". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. December 13, 2012.

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• I don't take Hollywood too seriously. I have kids that don't give a damn about what I'm shooting, they just want dinner. So that keeps me grounded.

  Reagan Gomez-Preston

  Kids, Giving, Hollywood

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Friendships that are first grounded in the shared professional ambitions - social stuff is built around that - and then you see people pulling each other up as they rise.

  Rachel Sklar

  Ambition, People, Stuff

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think my family, especially having three teenage sons, keeps my cooking at home grounded and very approachable. I'm definitely not making spumas in my kitchen, that's for sure!

  Rick Tramonto

  Teenage, Home, Son

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• One of the biggest lessons is to keep your feet on the floor. Just keeping grounded and not really getting above yourself and always trying your best to be yourself.

  Johnny Reid

  Being Yourself, Always Trying, Feet

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• I got famous in my 30s. I already had a real life and kids and responsibilities, like laundry and cleaning bathrooms. It's hard not be grounded when you have that. I think, if you get super-famous and everyone tells you you're wonderful when you're 12, it's probably a lot harder.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Real, Kids, Responsibility

  Source: collider.com

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• We find sects and parties in most branches of science; and disputes which are carried on from age to age, without being brought to an issue. Sophistry has been more effectually excluded from mathematics and natural philosophy than from other sciences. In mathematics it had no place from the beginning; mathematicians having had the wisdom to define accurately the terms they use, and to lay down, as axioms, the first principles on which their reasoning is grounded. Accordingly, we find no parties among mathematicians, and hardly any disputes.

  Thomas Reid

  Philosophy, Party, Issues

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• There can be no self-government without self-discipline. There can be no self-government without self-control. There can be no liberty unless it is grounded in moral discipline and the ability to do what is right.

  Alan Keyes

  Government, Self, Discipline

  Alan Keyes' Speech at the California Republican Party Convention in Sacramento, California, www.keyesarchives.com. February 27, 1999.

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• Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people "must" behave.

  Ellen Willis

  People, Social Behavior, Human Nature

  Letter to "The New York Times", February 27, 1997.

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• More grounded, more humble, more selfless makes us more opportunistic.

  Mike Tomlin

  Humble, Selfless

  "Inside Tomlin's style: Humility, words matter for Steelers coach" by Jarrett Bell, USA Today, January 31, 2009.

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• I believe the first story I ever wrote was about a young girl who was terribly mistreated by her very cruel parents, and one day the girl fled to the woods to live amongst a pack of wolves. Hey, I was eleven, loved wolves, and had been grounded for what I felt was a minor infraction. Can you blame me?

  Victoria Laurie

  Girl, Believe, Writing

  "Chit Chatting with Author Victoria Laurie". Interview with Jill Sheets, www.relatemag.com. April 1, 2011.

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• To learn and to love, that is what we are here for, any activity which is not grounded in one of these two is a waste of time.

  Anne Rice

  Two, Waste, Wasting Time

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• My grandmother was the daughter of pioneers, as was my grandfather, and they were farmers. And they worked the land, and there is a grounded value system that becomes inherent in knowing what's real and what's powerful. And understanding the material nature of not only man, but beasts and profit and all of those things that you fight for.

  Brenda Strong

  Daughter, Powerful, Real

  "'Dallas' Star Brenda Strong Talks Ann Ewing and the Resilience of Larry Hagman". Interview with Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 6, 2011.

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