Shonda Rhimes

I'd split up with a boyfriend and gone to Vermont to stare at my navel, and then 9/11 happened, and I spent days being scared of what was happening in the world. So I made a list of all the things I wanted to do, and at the top was adopt a baby. Nine months and two days later, I brought my daughter home.

American Producer

Shabana Azmi

It seems kosher and OK to treat women as objects because the business of cinema is about images and when you have fragmented images of a woman's bosom and her swiveling hip and her twisting navel, it robs the woman of all autonomy and subjects her to the male gaze.

Indian Actress

Rainn Wilson

In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.

American Actor

Ridley Scott

I think there's nothing worse than inertia. You can be inert and study your navel, and gradually fall off the chair. I think the key is to keep flying.

British Director

Ana Navarro

I try to be very aware of opportunities as they arise. But I don't sit around staring at my navel and thinking about my brand development.

American Critic

Stephen Gardiner

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

British Architect

James Ransone

I try not to be super self-referential about my work because it becomes like navel gazing at a certain point.

Tom Selleck

I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel.

Brigitte Bardot

I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

French Actress

Brandy Norwood

American Musician

Usually refers to the actual physical indentation or protuberance on the stomach.

Anatomy Reference

Commonly used in informal settings when discussing body parts or fashion, like piercings.

Casual Conversation

Less appropriate in highly formal or professional contexts where specific medical terms are expected.

Avoid in Formality

Represents a central point of focus on a larger scale, such as a geographic or cultural center.

Metaphorical Center

When used metaphorically, it doesn't relate to the body but signifies importance or centrality in other contexts.

Not Literally

Sometimes implies exaggeration, suggesting that a place is more central or important than it may actually be.

Hyperbolic Importance

 which is influenced by the writings of the Roman architect, Vitruvius, places a man firmly at the center of a circle and a square. Vitruvius claimed the navel is the center of the human body and that if one takes a compass and places the fixed point on the navel, a circle can be drawn perfectly around the body. Additionally, Vitruvius recognized that arm span and height

Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man...

 Intuition can only happen when you're in the moment. And so, from that point forward, she did not experience fear for the rest of the time she was in the woods. She just was guided by some deep intuitive sense, located somewhere between her sternum and her navel,

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