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Grip Quotes

I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made from bronze forever frozen in one dignified position, as much as I try to make the past keep still and mind its manners, it moves and murmurs with me through every day Picture Quote #1

It was like the moment before you open a present, still hidden inside its box and wrappings; while you’re waiting to find out what it is, the eagerness and impatience and curiosity and anticipation grip you in an even stronger, more thrilling way than you feel after you find out what’s inside Picture Quote #1

As I loosen my grip on the past, as I keep taking one small step after another in the direction I want to go, I discover I’m being supported and guided after all, and that as soon as I’m willing to embrace change, something or someone comes along and shows me how. Magic wasn’t something I had to go in search of; it was here within me, all the time. When hearts are open, when love is flowing, magic happens Picture Quote #1

Data are pointing to very strong growth in the fourth quarter. The pessimistic viewpoint, which has seen its grip on reality slip to the last knuckle in the past few months, is now holding on by its fingernails Picture Quote #1

There is no power on earth that can loosen a man’s grip on his own throat Picture Quote #1

It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target Picture Quote #1

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Life is a child playing round your feet, a tool you hold firmly in your grip, a bench you sit down upon in the evening, in your garden Picture Quote #1

Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life Picture Quote #1

Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip Picture Quote #1

Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow Picture Quote #1

Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass Picture Quote #1

Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become merely conditions of one’s past, only then can one live in the present fully Picture Quote #1

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... the only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between the stars, where sunlight has no grip upon the dust and rubbish of planetary air, where the blackness of space, the shining planets, comets, suns, and stars must really be closely akin to the world of life as it appears to the eyes of an awed human being, in the open ocean, one half mile down Picture Quote #1

One of the things that often gets lost in discussions of depression is that you know it’s ridiculous. You know it’s ridiculous while you’re experiencing it. You know that most people manage to listen to their messages, and eat lunch, and organise themselves to take a shower and go out the front door, and that it’s not a big deal. And yet you are nonetheless in its grip and you are unable to figure out any way around it Picture Quote #1

Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity. We are several decades away from a definitive understanding, 20 or 30 years, but it could be sooner than that Picture Quote #1

At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I’d buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior Picture Quote #1

Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails Picture Quote #1

Go through the things that life gives you to go through, happily. You have to loosen the grip of time, gradually Picture Quote #1

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Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex Picture Quote #1

I think actors who know their job know that’s how you do it. You don’t show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who’s standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn’t need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death Picture Quote #1

When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the thing by depicting it Picture Quote #1

Golfers don’t fist fight. They cuss a bit. But they wouldn’t punch anything or anybody. They might hurt their hands and have to change their grip Picture Quote #1

This apple tree is not the first one I draw, but perhaps the thousandth. I feel the sap rise to its spreading branches. I feel in my toes how its roots grip the earth Picture Quote #1

The person... in the grip of an old distress says things that are not pertinent, does things that don’t work, fails to cope with the situation, and endures terrible feelings that have nothing to do with the present Picture Quote #1

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If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have a grip on that ball. I shouldn’t have thrown it Picture Quote #1

Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it Picture Quote #1

Daydreaming had started me on the way; but story writing once I was truly in its grip, took me and shook me awake Picture Quote #1

My left hand is my thinking hand. The right is only a motor hand. This holds the hammer. The left hand, the thinking hand, must be relaxed, sensitive. The rhythms of thought pass through the fingers and grip of this hand into the stone Picture Quote #1

Sanity is tenuous. Tenuous. Comes and goes. Many of the brightest people floating about this planet have only a finger’s grip on sanity, if that Picture Quote #1

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I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made from bronze forever frozen in one dignified position, as much as I try to make the past keep still and mind its manners, it moves and murmurs with me through every day (Grip Quotes) It was like the moment before you open a present, still hidden inside its box and wrappings; while you’re waiting to find out what it is, the eagerness and impatience and curiosity and anticipation grip you in an even stronger, more thrilling way than you feel after you find out what’s inside (Grip Quotes) As I loosen my grip on the past, as I keep taking one small step after another in the direction I want to go, I discover I’m being supported and guided after all, and that as soon as I’m willing to embrace change, something or someone comes along and shows me how. Magic wasn’t something I had to go in search of; it was here within me, all the time. When hearts are open, when love is flowing, magic happens (Grip Quotes) Data are pointing to very strong growth in the fourth quarter. The pessimistic viewpoint, which has seen its grip on reality slip to the last knuckle in the past few months, is now holding on by its fingernails (Grip Quotes) There is no power on earth that can loosen a man’s grip on his own throat (Grip Quotes) It goes without saying that it is no good having a perfect setup, perfect grip and perfect golf swing if the whole thing is misaligned. It sounds obvious but many players simply do not spend enough time getting themselves on target (Grip Quotes) Life is a child playing round your feet, a tool you hold firmly in your grip, a bench you sit down upon in the evening, in your garden (Grip Quotes) Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life (Grip Quotes) Convictions are not merely beliefs we hold; they are those beliefs that hold us in their grip (Grip Quotes) Families hold each other in an iron grip of definition. One must break the grip, somehow (Grip Quotes) Let us keep a firm grip upon our money, for without it the whole assembly of virtues are but as blades of grass (Grip Quotes) Only when all conceptions of space and time, life and death, are exploded, when the grip of the past and fear of the future become merely conditions of one’s past, only then can one live in the present fully (Grip Quotes) ... the only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between the stars, where sunlight has no grip upon the dust and rubbish of planetary air, where the blackness of space, the shining planets, comets, suns, and stars must really be closely akin to the world of life as it appears to the eyes of an awed human being, in the open ocean, one half mile down (Grip Quotes) One of the things that often gets lost in discussions of depression is that you know it’s ridiculous. You know it’s ridiculous while you’re experiencing it. You know that most people manage to listen to their messages, and eat lunch, and organise themselves to take a shower and go out the front door, and that it’s not a big deal. And yet you are nonetheless in its grip and you are unable to figure out any way around it (Grip Quotes) Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity. We are several decades away from a definitive understanding, 20 or 30 years, but it could be sooner than that (Grip Quotes) At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I’d buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior (Grip Quotes) Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails (Grip Quotes) Go through the things that life gives you to go through, happily. You have to loosen the grip of time, gradually (Grip Quotes) Generally speaking, only simple conceptions can grip the mind of a nation. An idea that is clear and precise even though false will always have greater power in the world than an idea that is true but complex (Grip Quotes) I think actors who know their job know that’s how you do it. You don’t show up and make people miserable. That poor grip who’s standing there, he just wants to feed his family. He doesn’t need to hear about your psychosis on life and love and death (Grip Quotes) When I make a representation of something, this, too, is an analogy to what exists; I make an effort to get a grip on the thing by depicting it (Grip Quotes) Golfers don’t fist fight. They cuss a bit. But they wouldn’t punch anything or anybody. They might hurt their hands and have to change their grip (Grip Quotes) This apple tree is not the first one I draw, but perhaps the thousandth. I feel the sap rise to its spreading branches. I feel in my toes how its roots grip the earth (Grip Quotes) The person... in the grip of an old distress says things that are not pertinent, does things that don’t work, fails to cope with the situation, and endures terrible feelings that have nothing to do with the present (Grip Quotes) If you believe in the maternal instinct and fail at mother love, you fail as a woman. It is a controlling idea that holds us in an iron grip (Grip Quotes) I didn’t have a grip on that ball. I shouldn’t have thrown it (Grip Quotes) Publishers of course have you altogether in their grip; if they say you must do a thing you have jolly well got to do it (Grip Quotes) Daydreaming had started me on the way; but story writing once I was truly in its grip, took me and shook me awake (Grip Quotes) My left hand is my thinking hand. The right is only a motor hand. This holds the hammer. The left hand, the thinking hand, must be relaxed, sensitive. The rhythms of thought pass through the fingers and grip of this hand into the stone (Grip Quotes) Sanity is tenuous. Tenuous. Comes and goes. Many of the brightest people floating about this planet have only a finger’s grip on sanity, if that (Grip Quotes)

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