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taken up

Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

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The scientific man does not aim at an immediate result. He does not expect that his advanced ideas will be readily taken up. His work is like that of the planter - for the future. His duty is to lay the foundation for those who are to come, and point the way. He lives and labors and hopes. Nikola Tesla

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said. Hans-Georg Gadamer

I would never have taken up painting if women did not have breasts. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes. Victoria Pratt

I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me. Ian Hart

Every blade in the field - Every leaf in the forest - lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up. Henry David Thoreau

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