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where you stand depends on where you sit

where you stand depends on where you sit proverb: one's position in an organization dictates one's stance on an issue.

Proverb

where you stand depends on where you sit

  1. One's position in an organization dictates one's stance on an issue.

Origin of where you stand depends on where you sit

Attributed to US government administrator and author Rufus Miles.

Questions about where you stand depends on where you sit

What does where you stand depends on where you sit mean?
Where you stand depends on where you sit means one's position in an organization dictates one's stance on an issue.
What part of speech is where you stand depends on where you sit?
Where you stand depends on where you sit is a proverb.

Words near where you stand depends on where you sit in the dictionary

  1. where there's a will there's a way
  2. where there's muck there's brass
  3. where there's no sense there's no feeling
  4. where there's smoke, there's fire
  5. where you at
  6. where you stand depends on where you sit
  7. where'd
  8. where'er
  9. where'm
  10. where'n
  11. where're

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