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I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself. -- Alberto Giacometti
If we don't get a grip on government spending, there will be no growth. -- George Osborne
I like normal stuff people fear - like spiders and heights. I'm frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on. -- Haley Joel Osment
When I first got here, every time you'd say breast feeding on the House floor there would be a snicker. This has been happening since creation. Can we finally get a grip on it? -- Susan Molinari
When I joined the Mumfords I made a commitment to them so they'll always come first. But I'm a bit of a workaholic and Communion helps me get a grip on dealing with my life. -- Ben Lovett
I'm coming to Washington, D.C., to do the people's work. And the people's work has to do with reducing spending and cutting budgets and, and trying to get a grip on the size of government. -- Ken Buck
I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success. -- Janet Evanovich
You learn at a certain point that you have to focus on the business side of music. After getting ripped off a couple of times, you figure out that you need to get a grip on it. -- Neal Schon
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. -- Feisal Abdul Rauf
I was slipping, man, and it was definetly time to get a grip. -- Wendelin Van Draanen
And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, 'til the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up. -- Woody Allen
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. -- Gerhard Richter
"a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" "...this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter" -- Alec Douglas-Home
Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course. Microbiology and meteorology now explain what only a few centuries ago was considered sufficient cause to burn women to death. -- Carl Sagan
Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool. -- Sophocles
I grip very close to the butt of the racket. This allows me to get a lot of wrist action to create more spin and whip. -- Sloane Stephens
When you get right down to it, there's something uniquely satisfying in being gripped by a great plot, in begrudging whatever real-world obligations might prevent you from finding out what happens next. -- Jean Hanff Korelitz
I read a lot of research notes about the countries I visit, and my mum and dad bought me a Kindle, but I'm still getting to grips with it. I prefer paper books. -- Ross Kemp
The way to lessen the grip of the Tea Party on the electoral process would be to do what a handful have done and have a primary where all voters, members of every party, can vote, and the top two vote-getters then enter a runoff. -- Chuck Schumer
Don't get married until you're certain that you're marrying the right girl. How did I know my wife was the one? I'd seen her for a couple of months. I liked her. She was a very creative person and she had a very good grip on politics and business. -- Brian Wilson
Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society. -- Richard Rogers
Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you mind telling my son here that you're Uncle Vernon?' I said: 'Get a grip. It's 11:30 at night - what's he doing out of bed? I'm not here to entertain people at this time of night. -- Richard Griffiths
Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?' -- Peter York
You have to see if the batsman is coming out, if he is staying back, what his grip is like, to gauge his intentions. A common trend I have observed is, a lot of batsmen change their grips when they are looking to hit: normally they either go high or slide their hand to the bottom of the handle to get maximum power. -- Harbhajan Singh
When you drive a car, either you manage it and feel it with the grip of the car, or, like me, you fix it on visual speed. If you do it through the grip, you lose it very quickly - because when the track changes, you can have scares. I do it visually, so if I am going too fast I fight to get the car back, but I do not do it by feeling the grip. -- Jean Alesi
Get a grip, get a life, and get over it. -- Justin Johnson
Get a grip, Oreo, and be true to the game. -- Ice Cube
Get a grip on your heart and pride, girl. Nobody has or ever will give a damn whether you're happy or not. -- Sandy Blair
Gotta get a tight grip, don't slip, loose lips, sank ships, it's a trip, I love the way she licks her lips. -- Tupac Shakur
You can't learn something about all women. Sometimes I feel that the older I get, the less of a grip I've got on it. -- Jamie Hince
I lick my fingers because I don't like when my hands get slick. Licking my fingers helps me keep a good grip on the ball. -- Steve Nash
Get a grip. You're pricklier than a feral cat," he said, sitting up."Too bad for you, I'm not in heat," I said, calming down. -- Tiffany King
Get a grip on yourself. there's only one god here on earth, and that's you. If you don't like the world, make one you like better. -- Yasmina Khadra
Get a grip, Dad. I'm not going to do anything you wouldn't do at my age.' He stands up and says, 'That's it. You're canceling this date. -- Simone Elkeles

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