Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it - but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

American Writer

Gunther Schuller

So this anchoring in some way, in some important way in the past without repeating the past, but on the basis of the past building something new: that is what is important.

American Composer

Hiten Tejwani

It was love at first sight and luckily, neither of us had to propose as we both knew we wanted to stay together... Gauri is my whole world. She is my anchor.

Indian Actor

Yvette Clarke

My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.

American Politician

Epictetus

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Greek Philosopher

Alex Sharp

I haven't felt anchored my entire life. But I kind of like it.

English Actor

Michael Sheen

Hopefully, any character I play has an anchor in reality.

Welsh Actor

Sophocles

Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.

Greek Poet

Debby Ryan

Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.

American Actress

Ant Anstead

A home creates an anchor for the rest of your life.

English Celebrity

The word 'anchor' is commonly used in maritime or sailing contexts.

Maritime Context

'Anchor' can be used metaphorically to indicate something that provides stability in any situation.

Metaphoric Usage

'To anchor' something suggests making it immovable or very stable.

Securing Firmly

In broadcasting, 'anchor' refers to a central figure who presents content coherently.

Broadcasting Role

Even though 'anchor' sounds nautical, in this context it has nothing to do with ships.

Not Always Sailing

'Anchor' symbolizes someone or something that emotionally stabilizes you.

Symbolic Anchor

To 'anchor' a boat means to stop it from moving by dropping an anchor.

Specific Action

In climbing, an 'anchor' is crucial for safety, preventing long falls.

Climbing Safety

'Anchor' has a specialized meaning in climbing unlike the nautical term.

Technical Term

 they might be able to keep up and they might have the lung capacity and they might be strong but some of these guys actually don't know how to tie knots. And they don't know how to set up anchors. So people leave the school really competent and safe. They practice rescues and wilderness first-aid. All of this ultimately saves lives on the mountain.

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 Even though the clearly wrong information in the initial questions should have been irrelevant, it still affected the students' estimates. This is an example of the anchoring effect, and it's often used in marketing and negotiations to raise the prices that people are willing to pay.

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 I went out with them one day and there was a hole in the boat and there was a hole in the baler as well which is inconvenient we've forgotten to take an anchor and on top of that I was the only person on the boat who was not high I drunk so truthfully we weren't that much

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 And although she had sparks of chemistry, she never married. Elements of her circumstances can be found in many of her characters; often intelligent women with witty, pragmatic personalities, and rich inner lives. These headstrong heroines provide an entertaining anchor

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 that allow specific molecules through, like sodium and potassium ions. Peripheral proteins floating in the inner face of the bilayer help anchor the membrane to the cell's interior scaffolding. Other proteins in cell membranes can help fuse two different bilayers.

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 Regularity is king, and it will actually anchor your sleep and improve both the quantity and the quality, no matter whether it's the weekday or the weekend or even if you've had a bad night of sleep. And the reason is because deep within your brain,

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 particularly those that help maintain the body's balance and posture. The third region, the brainstem, lies in front of the cerebellum and anchors the brain to the spinal cord. The brainstem is a collection of structures that include the pons,

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 than singing its praises, but batteries are a triumph of science. They allow smartphones and other technologies to exist without anchoring us to an infernal tangle of power cables. Yet even the best batteries will diminish daily,

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 the far more destructive war that brought them there continues off the page. Even if the boys were to be rescued from themselves, what kind of world would they be returning to? With so few references to anchor the characters

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 in a move to rival a contortionist it passes strands of silk behind itself creating a girdle to support it through the change to come with anchor and line secure the transformation can take place