The stage is a routine. It keeps you grounded, like a metronome. I find that soothing.
Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.
My brothers are so amazing. My older brother Ryan, he is probably the most generous person I know in my life. He's the one that kind of helps me and guides me. All of my brothers help me to be grounded, so I really try to be like my brothers because all of them are so nice and very kind, and I look up to them.
I think, ultimately, if you create characters that people like and can relate to, your characters are grounded on a human level even if your cars are not.
I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.
I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.
For some people, staying grounded means doing yoga. For others, it's spending time with family. Social media, too, can be a lifesaver.
Being in ballet class, being on the stage, being surrounded by my peers at American Ballet Theater every day, keeps me so humble and grounded. Being in ballet class, I feel, is like this meditation for me every morning.
In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
The best jujitsu practitioners are really serene and grounded.
I am not a mathematician, but I was aware that for centuries, mathematics was considered the queen of the sciences because it claimed certainty. It was grounded on some fundamental certainties - axioms - that led to others.
Bathtubs, pools, water - to me, it's a very essential part of being grounded and sensual and feeling yourself.
I was grounded for all of my childhood. Not most - all.
At the risk of sounding too cliche, I found a really fantastic church. That is what keeps me grounded.
Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.
Throughout my rapping career, I always cooked for myself and anyone I worked with. It's what actually kept me grounded through those crazy years.
I love writing on trains. The joy of being a writer is it's all in your head; you don't need materials apart from the laptop. It's like taking your work home with you, so you can feel grounded in your own insane writerly realities wherever you are.
This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.
For me, I worked so hard to get to where I am and I don't ever want to lose sight of being grounded.
My mother is brilliant; she's the best person in the world and keeps me grounded.
I have loved football as an almost mythic game since I was in the fourth grade. To me, the game wasn't even grounded in reality. The uniform turned you into a warrior. Being on a team, the mythology of physical combat, the struggle against the elements, the narrative of the game.
My whole family has been such a great support, and they're the ones who have kept me grounded and allowed me to be who I am today.
I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do.
My family are too grounded, and I will go home to visit. I always need my dose of Liverpool to keep me grounded.
My mom keeps me grounded and all that. She makes me do chores.
I'm pretty well grounded in Christian principles.
I barely have time to think. But the best way to stay grounded is to take it one day at a time.
My day job keeps me grounded. When I show up to work, I'm not some star fighter or anything, I'm just Stipe. I'm going to keep working in my hometown as long as I can.
Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.
Our marriage is grounded in the word of God. That's really it. God is the core of our marriage, and the foundation and the blueprint for it is how we live, and being open and honest and communicating, but ultimately doing what pleases God, and not in a selfish manner.
'Proof' is a really cool pilot that I was lucky enough to read by Rob Braggin for TNT that's about a surgeon who's an agnostic, tough, grounded, scientific mind and she's hired by a Steve Jobs-type who's just been diagnosed with cancer to focus on near death experiences and what happens when you die.
I usually play grounded, has-their-head-on-straight kind of sassy girls.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and John Cena, in 'The Wall,' are superheroes. They're very grounded, but the amount of training and stuff that soldiers bring to the field, they're like Iron Man.
I like more grounded comedy. I enjoy broad comedies also, but I like Shirley MacLaine.