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:

    “The feeling of Sunday is the same everywhere, heavy, melancholy, standing still. Like when they say, “As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.””
    —Jean Rhys (1894–1979)

    “quiet, negligent riding,
    my toes standing the stirrups,
    my thighs hugging his ribs.”
    —May Swenson (1919–1995)

    “When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)