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grounding

«The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.»
«So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.»
«No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international. And travel. You have to have a global attitude.»
«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.»
«There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan»
«I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer»
«Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.»
«The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.»
«The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.»
«One mustn't criticize other people on grounds where he can't stand perpendicular himself»