Robby Benson

If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should be an understanding of how lucky you are. That's how I feel.

American Actor

Nolan Ryan

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.

American Athlete

Tilda Swinton

There is something insane about a lack of doubt. Doubt - to me, anyway - is what makes you human, and without doubt, even the righteous lose their grip, not only on reality but also on their humanity.

English Actress

Stanley Hauerwas

To be poor does not mean you lack the means to extend charity to another. You may lack money or food, but you have the gift of friendship to overwhelm the loneliness that grips the lives of so many.

American Theologian

Tony Bradman

Once the world has been created, the fantasy author still has to bring the story's characters to life and unfold a gripping plot. That's why good fantasy is such a hard act to bring off.

English Writer

Sam Jaeger

I am always looking for stories that have not been told too much, and one story that I think is really gripping and important is what police officers go through.

Robert Harris

One cannot see any world leader who has got a grip on the financial markets these days. They're too big, too fast. I think that's quite scary.

British Novelist

Jim Bouton

You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.

John Searles

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

American Writer

James Ellroy

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

Used to describe the action of physically holding something very tightly with hands.

Physical Action

Can imply strong emotional attachment or obsession when used metaphorically.

Emotional Intensity

Often used metaphorically to talk about someone's control over situations or other people.

Metaphorical Control

Can talk about someone's mental state, suggesting normalcy or the lack of it.

Psychological State

When used as a verb it often conveys the tightness or strength of the action.

Strength Indicator

Use it to suggest safety or security, like holding on to avoid falling.

Safety Implication

Refers to a specific job in the film industry, not to be confused with general holding.

Specialized Role

Describes a deep understanding or skill in a particular subject or concept.

Mental Grasp

Informal way to acknowledge expertise or knowledge level.

Informal Knowledge

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 they would travel from one point on a map to another it's through storytelling the time temporarily loses a grip on us and on our perception of the world in being a filmmaker I'm very fortunate to have this extra dimension of choosing any

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 gravity. Well, Rick, if you want to get to grips with gravity, you're gonna need to start by thinking big. And I mean cosmically big. Imagine that this piece of black cloth is the universe, the very fabric of space-time.

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 But while the characters and their psychologies are gripping, Tolstoy is not afraid to interrupt the narrative to pose insightful questions about history. Why do wars start? What are good battlefield tactics?

Why should you read...

 of light in the sky. I'm not sure I even knew the meaning of the word 'science' then, but I wanted somehow to immerse myself in all that grandeur. I was gripped by the splendor of the universe, transfixed

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 It make us really afraid to reach out, because why set yourself up for rejection and heartache when your heart is already aching more than you can stand? I was in the grips of real loneliness back then,

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 So, they leave seashells near the rubbish piles to help the homeless crustaceans. The crab normally winds its body into the spiral of a shell. It's far harder to grip a straight and slippery can.

Grip

The act of holding something tightly.

Often appears as...

Control over something.

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To hold something firmly.

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A person who moves and sets up equipment in a film or TV set.

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An understanding or knowledge of a subject.

Often appears as...

Physical Action

Emotional Intensity

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