We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.
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F 47Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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Politics has been called the “art of the possible,” and it actually is a realm akin to art insofar as, like art, it occupies a creatively mediating position between spirit and life, the idea and reality.
Thomas Mann
Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.
Alexander Graham Bell
The point, being indivisible, occupies no space. That which occupies no space is nothing. The limiting surface of one thing is the beginning of another.
Leonardo da Vinci
Then, as always, I felt morally obligated to advocate our official position, even when it conflicted with my personal views.
Clarence Thomas
Mathematics occupies a peculiar position in cultural life today. 'Everybody knows' that it is one of the most basic, and also ancient, types of knowledge; yet it is not part of normal cultural discourse, and few people know much about its historical development, or even that it has a history.
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph
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