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Definition of Upstream

Upstream

  1. Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
Neil Armstrong

You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.
Loretta Lynn

My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.
Laura Schlessinger

Swimming upstream in the music business is a hard thing to do.
John Oates

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