Standing

Standing

Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a human position in which the body is held in an upright ("orthostatic") position and supported only by the feet.

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Famous quotes containing the word standing:

    “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 3:5.

    “O for breath to utter what is like thee! you tailor’s yard,
    you sheath, you bowcase, you vile standing tuck.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not our mother, initiate parting, and as long as our mother remains reliably there, it seems possible to risk, and even to revel in, standing alone.”
    —Judith Viorst (20th century)