I think alone time is good to know how to be alone with your own thoughts. I think it just helps you kind of be a better, more grounded person.
I still have my buddies from back home, I still have my family. They really help to keep me grounded. I try to call them and talk to them about their everyday life.
The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when.
In the ’90s, there was scant presidential leadership and insufficient domestic political mobilization for foreign policy grounded in human rights.
It’s all about balance, and I have so much happiness in my career and am fortunate to travel the world and see so many amazing things – it will also be nice to be anchored to something grounded and in the same place. Raising a family will be a wonderful part of that.
I am in awe of Rajinikanth. He is a great star, yet so easy-going and grounded.
The country badly needs to have a right-of-center political party, grounded in traditional values that the Republican Party represented till it didn’t.
I come from the favelas, I’m grounded.
We like to stay grounded and be normal people and not act like divas.
Perhaps it’s because I am reading romance differently than I did when I was younger, but I like my characters older. Grounded in reality. And nothing is more real than kids.
It’s a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they’re larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that’s not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.
Over the years, my relationship with God has changed my life for the better – it’s grown me up, given me a sense of purpose, and grounded me in my identity.
I personally think honestly disclosing rather than hiding one’s subjective values makes for more honest and trustworthy journalism. But no journalism – from the most stylistically ‘objective’ to the most brazenly opinionated – has any real value unless it is grounded in facts, evidence, and verifiable data.
This open eye for possible alternatives which need to be scrutinized before we can determine which is the best grounded is profoundly disconcerting to all conservatives and to almost all revolutionaries.
If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we will have to allow those public funds to be used for any type of private school.
Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
Although the Academy prefers their Best Pictures grounded in realism, not fantasy, Lee’s ‘Life of Pi’ win proved that the voters understand and appreciate the qualities a visionary director needs to create an otherworldly adventure.
One of the most important things for me is my family. You know, they keep me grounded, they keep me humble. They always made sacrifices with me.
I’ve got a really tight group of friends from university and school who help me forget what I do and keep me grounded.
I e-mail or phone my best girlfriend daily. Having people who know you well helps you stay grounded and gives perspective to whatever momentary drama you’re going through.
I think I’m lucky having parents that have been in show business for a while, and they don’t care about the shiny stuff so much. They raised me in that way – to stay grounded, not to chase the shiny, pretty things.
You can get caught up in a lot of things playing for Liverpool. The main thing is to stay grounded. That’s something I won’t forget.
What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them.
We tune in to news companies for them to give us some sense of grounded assessment of what the truth is.
My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.
I love Canada. The natural environment here is so inspiring. It never ceases to make me feel grounded and calm and to help put things in perspective. And I love Canadians. A lot.
Even though I made $800 million, I am still grounded.
I’ve got a good family to support me, so I’m grounded in that way.
There’s something grounded about ‘Ugly Americans,’ so I think it’s good that I’m playing a version of myself in these elevated cartoon circumstances.
Luckily I’ve got family and friends to keep me grounded because there are a lot of negative people around who can suck the energy out of you.
I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.
So, you do make a lot of sacrifices in the business, but you have to stay humble and you have to live that normal life. That’s what I do now. It keeps me grounded.
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me grounded. I came from a very middle class family – poor, in fact.
I think that’s what keeps you grounded – having your own life that’s not directed by your job.
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.
I think what I’m gonna do is keep being international and not being grounded to any one particular thing. As long as I’m entertaining people in one way or another and maintaining some sort of adventurous life with my family in tow, then I’ll be happy.
I don’t go, ‘I’m in the papers all the time,’ because there are loads of people in the papers all the time. Sometimes I’m still like, ‘Ooh, look- there’s me!’ I’m never like, ‘Wow, look at me on the bus.’ You have to be a bit grounded about things like that.
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity.
Everyone has different paths. I’ve been lucky to have a good support system – my family, friends and colleagues to keep me grounded and humble and to keep working hard. I never give up.
I went through the foot injuries, as well as other things, that have kept me grounded.
My friends will help me stay grounded, and so will my family.
Family is paramount, I am the baby of the family, I get looked after, everyone spoils me and I couldn’t live without them. They are my life, and they keep me grounded. If I get out of line, my mum will tell me off.
Life throws surprises, sorrows, sadness, and hardship, and I think that writing has actually grounded me. It kept me grounded when everything else was falling apart.
Honestly, what keeps me grounded is my faith and my value system.
I love to make music and stay grounded.
I think I was a bit naive when I was younger. I don’t know what it was: I sort of felt tunnel vision – I didn’t really have peripheral vision or see the world and what was happening. I’m much more worldly, and I believe that I’m much more grounded in my body than I probably was when I was younger.
Literally, if someone says I am grounded, everyday I am at home, I actually have my hands in the ground and dirt under my fingernails. I don’t have a staff to do it all for me. I still plant a seed and I’m amazed it grows.
You have to embrace the people that love you because you’re making a difference in people’s lives, and you’re making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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 mum will never let me be anything but grounded.
There are too many people around keeping me grounded to go off the rails.
There’s a downside to glamour and since I know that, I think that’s why I have been able to stay grounded.
With human beings it could be argued that all music-making is, in essence, grounded in improvisation.
Occasionally when I look at my Instagram and see how many followers I have, it shows me how it’s going up by the minute. It blows my mind, but everyone around me keeps me grounded.
Animals are everything to me. I always say, ‘Who rescued who?’ with my horse Belle. She is my greatest teacher. She teaches me to be grounded, present, and in the moment, which I feel is key to happiness. My panic attacks become nonexistent when spending time with my animals, especially out in nature.
My family keeps me pretty grounded. Like if I try anything diva, they’re like, ‘Oh shut up. Go and do the dishwasher.’
I have my family life and I think it’s important to be able to shut the door and keep the door shut, and that keeps you grounded. You stay in reality.
In the States, I get recognised all the time. I met a fan once who had a tattoo of my face on his arm. I can see how some people get carried away with it, but I don’t have trouble staying grounded.
I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.
I try to ensure my daughters are not spoilt. They are very aware of how lucky they are and appreciate it. We have had some lean years, so they know it’s not all about luxury, travel, and hotels. They are grounded, and I’m grateful for that.
