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A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. -- Morihei Ueshiba
The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether. -- Leon Kass
The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. -- Robert Bork
Ben Roethlisberger is a proven winner in athletic competition. But the measure of a true leader is how they conduct themselves 24/7, not just during a winning touchdown drive or a goal-line stance. Leadership isn't something that gets switched off because the game clock expires. -- Jackson Katz
Beginners must master low stance and posture, natural body positions are for the advanced. -- Gichin Funakoshi
In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance. -- Miyamoto Musashi
For thousands of years art was seen as a source of responsible moral and ethical leadership. Today, taking that stance is almost seen as comic. -- Jack Beal
The secret to healthy conflict resolution isn't taking a 'you against me' stance. The secret is realizing it's 'us against Satan.' He's the real enemy. -- Lysa TerKeurst
The one unbreakable rule about hitting is this: if a batter hits well with his own particular stance and swing, think twice - or more - before suggesting a change. -- Stan Musial
Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean. -- Christina Baldwin
And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense -- Daryl Hannah
Whatever we have done in the past, be it good or evil, great or small, is irrelevant to our stance before God today. It is only NOW that we are in the presence of God. -- Brennan Manning
There were theoretical elements in the subjection of women and it is not possible to avoid the conclusion that a large contribution was made to them by the Church. In part this was a matter of its hostile stance towards sexuality. -- John Roberts
The exceptional patient is the person who, despite their diagnosis, takes charge of their health and decides to be responsible to their illness or their condition and not necessarily feel responsible for it. One stance is drenched in blame and the other is full of power. -- Christiane Northrup
The second, and I think this is the much more overt and I think it is the main cause, I have been increasingly demonstrating or trying to demonstrate that every possible stance a critic, a scholar, a teacher can take towards a poem is itself inevitably and necessarily poetic. -- Harold Bloom
This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this. -- Charles M. Schulz
Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn. -- Ed Asner
At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense of random and often unrelated details. For me, photography provides an intersection of time, space, light, and emotional stance. One needs to be still enough, observant enough, and aware enough to recognize the life of the materials, to be able to 'hear through the eyes'. -- Paul Caponigro
I realize that many Christians have not been praying because they have not accepted the reality of war in which we find ourselves. There is a spiritual war mode that we must appropriate. It is an aggressive stance that we take against evil. It is governed by love for people, but it is fearless and uncompromising with the powers of darkness that manipulate people to fulfill evil plans. -- Francis Frangipane
American Stance: Everything not forbidden is permitted. Prussian Stance: Everything not permitted is forbidden. -- Mark Jason Dominus
I'm trying to protect what I advertise. That's my stance on any kind of self-expression. -- David Duchovny
Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something. -- Noah Baumbach
Some felt as if 'Charlie Hebdo' was obsessed with its 'Screw Allah' stance. It's a sort of provocation that caused a lot of debates. -- Patrick Chappatte
In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective. -- Stanley Fish
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. -- Cecelia Ahern
There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing. -- Alanis Morissette
I am always in awe of people who devote their lives to a good cause and are brave enough to take a stance, though it may be controversial in their time. -- Rebecca Pidgeon
What people are really after is, what is my stance on religion or spirituality or God? And I would say, if I find a word that came closest, it would be agnostic. -- Neil deGrasse Tyson
My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that. -- Maurice Greene
It's almost sickening now that the regulators 'on the beat' while the biggest credit collapse in modern financial history unfolded are now patting themselves on the back for their 'brave' stance on short-selling! -- James Chanos
Before any American points a finger at President Putin and calls him nasty names, they should recognize that a lot of Americans agree with Putin on his stance against homosexual and transgender people. -- Henry Rollins
And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense. -- Daryl Hannah
I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens. -- Osman Baydemir
Hamas murders not only Israelis, but also Palestinians whose political stance is different from that which its group promotes; that is, its radical religious outlook in which Islam is the solution to the world's problems. -- Mosab Hassan Yousef
It's a shame that so many people are so intimidated and bothered by Tim Tebow's stance as a Christian. He's not bothering anybody. He's simply being who He is and giving all glory to His Lord. -- Monica Johnson
The stance I took was there is no room for racial bias anywhere in sports. I believe that was basically all I said about it. Certainly I was cast as an abolitionist. Death threats came. Hate mail came. -- Barry Larkin
Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies, you'll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally grey terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting. -- Joel Edgerton
Your moral stance depends on what you think is being aborted. If you don't believe it to be a person but part of a woman's body, of course you will be pro-choice. I would be virulently pro-choice if I didn't believe it to be a person. -- Louise Mensch
The voice I've chosen to turn to is that of NPR. With a reputation for some of the finest journalism in the country, the nonprofit organization is renowned for its unbiased stance - to the point that it's been accused of being both conservative and liberal. -- Lynda Resnick
Probably only an art-worlder like me could assign deeper meaning to something as simple and silly as Tebowing. But, to us, anytime people repeat a stance or a little dance, alone or together, we see that it can mean something. Imagistic and unspoken language is our thing. -- Jerry Saltz
I have to say that Adam Levine is truly a daring young man to go on Twitter to bash Fox News. He's so rebellious, so subversive. I mean, for a musician, seriously, could you find a more predictable stance than that? He's as edgy as a hacky sack, which also describes his music. -- Greg Gutfeld
I always loved hitting a low fade to a back-right pin with the wind howling from the right. Not many guys could get it close in that situation, because they kept it low by just putting the ball back in their stance. You see, playing the ball back turns you into a one-trick pony - you can only hit hooks. -- Lee Trevino
Rise and take your stance once again -- Bob Marley
(I have) a wide stance when going to the bathroom. -- Larry Craig
I very much like "Canada, the adults are talking" stance. -- Tucker Carlson
I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art. -- Ai Weiwei
For books are as meats and viands are; some of good, some of evil sub-stance. -- John Milton
The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics. -- Ross Douthat
In all cases our stance will be determined by what serves the interests of the Palestinian people. -- Ahmed Yassin
Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents. -- Charles Kennedy
[Barack] Obama administration looking at taking a more aggressive stance and some of the Arab countries coming together. -- Juan Williams
My books are anti-absolutist and deeply distrustful of any religious stance that precludes the validity of any other. -- David Mitchell
Every well-thought-out rebuttal to dogma, every scrap of intelligent logic, every absurdist reduction of some bullying stance is the antidote. -- George Sanders
I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events. -- Kara Walker
There is no one correct way to bat, and so of course there is no one correct stance for it. -- Stan Musial
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance. -- Thomas E. Mann
Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, Live to fight another day -- Bob Marley
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance. -- Oscar Niemeyer
For Luther, it (faith) is an undeviating, trusting outlook appointment life, a constant stance of the trustworthiness of the promises of God. -- Alister E. McGrath
I feel like jeans and a T-shirt have become Establishment. Everyone's dressed down. So actually putting on a jacket is the anti-Establishment stance. -- Thom Browne
For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and humility. -- Frances Moore LappÃ©
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I feel like jeans and a T-shirt have become Establishment. Everyone's dressed down. So actually, putting on a jacket is the anti-Establishment stance. -- Thom Browne
No precautions, and no precautionary principle, can avoid problems that we do not yet foresee. We need a stance of problem-fixing, not just problem-avoidance. -- David Deutsch
Turn wishful thinking into positive action. Those who take a proactive stance in their lives tend to have an ample supply of joy and pleasure -- Cheryl Saban
Curing environmental ills requires not a stance outside nature, but a stance within nature, a role not as onlooker without, but as an actor within. -- Valerius Geist
I believe the government of the United States should re-examine its policies in the Middle East and adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause. -- Al-Waleed bin Talal
Waking up is not a selfish pursuit of happiness, it is a revolutionary stance, from the inside out, for the benefit of all beings in existence. -- Noah Levine
Looking to Donald Trump`s immigration speech can he hang onto his base if he softens his stance on the issue that got him this far? -- Steve Kornacki
So it is that good warriors take their stance on ground where they cannot lose, and do not overlook conditions that make an opponent prone to defeat. -- Sun Tzu
She looks like a woman who has found it ridiculous to commit herself to a single emotional stance in anything, but must always ride high heavy irony. -- Sylvia Plath
Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death. -- L. Neil Smith
I was taken off from plane and interrogated by U.S. Immigration in Canada on my views on drones. My stance is known. Drone attacks must stop, -- Imran Khan
I love seeing young people take a stance and not be afraid to say how they feel, and protest when they feel things are wrong or unjust. -- Zendaya
Animism is a monist metaphysical stance, based upon the idea that mind and matter are not distinct and separate substances but an integrated reality, rooted in nature. -- Emma Restall Orr
Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Our principled stance on Medicare and Social Security is absolutely no different than the Republicans' stance on no revenue increases without cuts. -- Judy Chu
I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative. -- Jan Brewer
If self is a location, so is love: Bearings taken, markings, cardinal points, Options, obstinacies, dug heels, and distance, Here and there and now and then, a stance. -- Seamus Heaney
Although North Korea's position differs (from Tokyo's), Japan's basic stance remains unchanged ? to seek sincere responses from the North Korean side to resolve the abduction and nuclear issues, -- Junichiro Koizumi
The player may experiment about with his swing, his grip, his stance. It is only when he begins asking his caddie's advice that he is getting on dangerous ground. -- Charles Walter Simpson
I'm a fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberal, and I think fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberalism is an ideological stance that needs defending-if necessary, with a hob-nailed boot-kick to the bollocks of budding totalitarianism. -- Charles Stross
I fully support the NOH8 campaign and all it stands for and am proud to be a part of it. But I stand by my husband's stance on DADT. -- Cindy McCain
As long as you say there is no hope, then there will be no hope, but if you go down and take a stance, then there will be hope. -- Asmaa Mahfouz
In my case, when I am trying to be "kind" I often default in a sort of toothless loving-all stance that is, actually, not kind, because it is not truthful. -- George Saunders
The enemy wants to steal our peace and keep us stirred up, anxious, fearful, upset, and always in a stance of waiting for something terrible to happen at any minute. -- Stormie Omartian
Sexism has always been a political stance mediating social domination, enabling white men and black men to share a common sensibility about sex roles and the importance of male domination. -- bell hooks
Gorbachev's stance contrasts admirably with the policy of the sainted Abraham Lincoln, who used massive force and mass murder to force the seceding Southern states to remain in the Union. -- Murray Rothbard
I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece. -- Rob Corddry
The stubborn stance of some European governments on the refugee question is a reprisal less aimed at Angela Merkel or (Vice Chancellor) Sigmar Gabriel than at certain people on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin. -- Martin Schulz
Frozen in fear, you avoid responsibility because you think your experience is beyond your control. This stance keeps you from making decisions, solving problems, or going after what you want in life. -- David Emerald Womeldorff
I will always have dogs in my life, and I absolutely can't be with someone who will challenge that or disagree with that stance - I will not budge on this, ever. -- Jenna Morasca
The integral vision embodies an attempt to take the best of both worlds, ancient and modern. But that demands a critical stance willing to reject unflinchingly the worst of both as well. -- Ken Wilber
An awful lot of people keep a stock too long because it gives them warm fuzzies "? particularly when a contrarian stance has been vindicated. If they sell it, they lose bragging rights. -- John Neff
In my world, everything has the potential to be funny. Joyful things, painful things... It's all about how you view it and if you're able to take an objective stance on the situation. -- Jinkx Monsoon
Switchfoot is a surfing term"¦ To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music. -- Jon Foreman
I want to form a political party that's based entirely on what music people listen to. To me, it's a much better barometer of what they think and feel than their political stance. -- Steven Soderbergh
What are the rules," The cop said. "There are none." Vishous spread his stance and braced himself. "Do whatever you want...but you have to break me. You've got to tear me apart. -- J.R. Ward
Fox News never calls up Bobby Seale to articulate a stance in opposition to right-wing conservatives. To me, giving the New Black Panthers a platform on Fox is a subtle tactic to scare people. -- Bobby Seale
Aren widened his stance, his eyes locked on his twin'sSo help me, Adam, I don't want to hurt you, but if you threaten her one more time I will. That's a promise." - Hunter's Moon" -- Lisa Kessler
The organic fundamental error of humanism was that it desired to educate the common people (on whom it looked down) from its lofty stance instead of trying to understand them and to learn from them. -- Stefan Zweig
What I know for sure is that the only way to endure the quake is to adjust your stance. You can't avoid the daily tremors. Don't fight them. Just find a different way to stand. -- Oprah Winfrey
You know what wakes me up? A tongue in the ass. There is no alarm clock on that one, you are up, you are shaking, you are in a karate stance.....the day has begun. -- Dave Attell

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