“There was the one basic storyline, which everyone knew, with the few custom endings to choose now and again. Basic: humming grandmas… — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
The basic function of a comic is stand-up because it's so straightforward and simple. If the audience don't laugh, you didn't do… — Marcus Brigstocke Copy Share Image
The basic story for the opener is that word came through the bar that someone got knifed and killed up on the… — Robert Asprin Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt,… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“The late-afternoon light was thick and orange and she passed four different couples taking photos of themselves on the same cobblestoned block,… — Catherine Lacey Copy Share Image
I think it's impossible to maintain a good, strong, muscular physique without taking some supplements. Between the protein shakes and the multivitamins… — Joseph Gatt Copy Share Image
I'm a traditionalist with suits. It doesn't need extra pockets, and I don't want headphone jacks in my jacket. I appreciate designers… — Waris Ahluwalia Copy Share Image
As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
It seems extraordinary to have waited so long into one's life to have found the part that actually uses your basic rhythm.… — Susan Sullivan Copy Share Image
I was thinking about doing another film at the same time, which was the sequel to Basic Instinct and I just had… — Bruce Greenwood Copy Share Image
With post offices and postal workers already on the ground, USPS could partner with banks to make a critical difference for millions… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic,… — Andrea Mitchell Copy Share Image
'Dating Game' wasn't social commentary, political analysis, Shakespearean-level drama or even blunt-force comedy. It was just the televised equivalent of meeting someone… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
Obama promised a return to competence and confidence and asked the nation to believe again that the government could do big things… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
It's often hard for us to imagine going without some of our luxuries like travel, dining out, or Internet, much less our… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
People make basic assumptions based on what they have now. But you have to ask yourself, 'Is this really what people are… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth… — Jeff Lindsay Copy Share Image
Although engineers want always to make everything better, they cannot make anything perfect. This basic characteristic flaw of the products of the… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
I'm actually a ridiculously basic person when it comes to make-up, and I pretty much wear the same things I did when… — Bobbi Brown Copy Share Image
Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of… — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
It's much easier for a middle class Indian entrepreneur to start up a computer company than it is for an Indian company… — Jerry A. Webman Copy Share Image
“Hygge helps us to communicate what it's like to be human; it is part of a global vocabulary that speaks to our… — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
'Guild Wars 2' is a wider world in that we have a lot of different mechanics available for storytelling. We have our… — Jeff Grubb Copy Share Image
Regardless of the technology, we at Cisco believe that there is a need to 'connect the unconnected,' whether it is using 3G,… — Padmasree Warrior Copy Share Image
I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to… — Gail Simmons Copy Share Image
I don't have a crazy rider clause saying I have to stay at fancy hotels. I don't have a problem with staying… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that 90 percent of the confusion that women feel when they are attempting to put together an occasion-specific ensemble… — Nina Garcia Copy Share Image
Modern conveniences grant us more free time to focus on spiritual needs and devote more time to personal service. But the basic… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is an institute of the National Institutes of Health that is responsible predominantly for… — Anthony Fauci Copy Share Image
I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our… — Cesar Pelli Copy Share Image
I liked the military life. They teach you self-sufficiency early on. I always say that I learned most of what I know… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
When I was 25, I was in a show called 'Bajour,' and I was going to leave the show because I couldn't… — Paul Sorvino Copy Share Image
I think the basic thing that home cooks can learn how to do is just season properly... If the home cook realized… — David Chang Copy Share Image
I have great confidence in Taiwan's democracy. I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights, and I… — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
As we get better at things, we need less people to produce the things we really need, but what do we do… — Tino Sehgal Copy Share Image
In my view, while the single neuron is the basic anatomical and information processing-signaling unit of the brain, it is not capable… — Miguel Nicolelis Copy Share Image
Isolated and unincorporated, North Gulfport lacked a basic infrastructure: flooding and contaminated drinking water were frequent problems. Although finally incorporated in 1994… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
