Following
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One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
Vocation; business; profession.
Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
(In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.
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Following Quotations
I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
John F. Kennedy
I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
Mahatma Gandhi
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
Socrates
Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?
Tony Robbins
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.
George Washington
I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.
Mitch Hedberg
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
Plato
When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
Pablo Picasso
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
Richard Branson
Following Translations
following in Afrikaans is volgende
following in Dutch is leden
following in French is ensuivant
following in Italian is in, seguente
following in Latin is sequax, secundum, posterus; postremo, stipatores
following in Portuguese is seguir
following in Spanish is tras, siguiente
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