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Bowing Quotes
The gesture behind the word.
From trees bending in a storm to formal Japanese greetings, bowing carries meaning far beyond posture. This collection pairs well with our Church quotes for readers drawn to ritual and reverence.
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Some hypocrites and seeming mortified men, that held down their heads, were like the little images that they place in the very bowing of the vaults of churches, that look as if they held up the church, but are but puppets.
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I actually think that one of the most dangerous phenomena is the bowing to expertise, whether it's in international relations or how to use technologies.
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I like America anyway. In Japan we are much more formal. If two friends are separated for a long time and they meet they bow and bow and bow. They keep bowing without exchanging a word. Here they slap each other on the back and say: Hello, old man, how goes everything.
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Growing up in Britain, Michael Caine has always been such an icon. Chatting with him, I know I came across as the biggest doofus. Literally, I was, like, bowing to him.
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Sometimes I look at Helen Mirren on stage and think, 'You really are the Queen.' You see people bowing to her at the stage door!
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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We considered the Dear Leader our god. That's huge. He's more than our parents. I thought all of the world respected Kim Il Sung. That's why we were bowing to their pictures.
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Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
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A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease.
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