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Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. — Bill Gates
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a nerdy-sounding priesthood using esoteric terms such as beta, gamma, sigma and the like, these models… — Warren Buffett
Some people believe the alternative to bad religion is secularism, but that's wrong . . . . The answer to bad religion is better religion--prophetic… — Jim Wallis
To put it another way, every love relationship is based upon unwritten conventions rashly agreed upon by the lovers during the first weeks of their… — Milan Kundera
A critique does not consist in saying that things aren't good the way they are. It consists in seeing on just what type of assumptions,… — Michel Foucault
When I hear of people who weary of each other, I believe it is because they have sought virtues in themselves alone, attractions of physical… — Anais Nin
And make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us. The reason why our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that an… — David Foster Wallace
It is not what the man of science believes that distinguishes him, but how and why he believes it. His beliefs are tentative, not dogmatic;… — Bertrand Russell
An environment-based education movement--at all levels of education--will help students realize that school isn't supposed to be a polite form of incarceration, but a portal… — Richard Louv
You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen. — Michelle Obama
I was exhilarated by the new realization that I could change the character of my life by changing my beliefs. I was instantly energized because… — Bruce H. Lipton
The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front… — Sarah Palin
Memories are like a still life painted by ten different student artists: some will be blue-based; others red; some will be as stark as Picasso… — Jodi Picoult
I believe that anyone can be successful in life, regardless of natural talent or the environment within which we live. This is not based on… — Jimmy Carter
Every persisting marriage is based on fear', said Peregrine. 'Fear is fundamental, you dig down in human nature and what's at the bottom? Mean spiteful… — Iris Murdoch
From the movie "Everything is Illuminated" based on a book by Jonathan Safran Foer: I have reflected many times upon our rigid search. It has… — Jonathan Safran Foer
One thing you will discover is that life is based less than you think on what youâ€™ve learned and much more than you think on… — Mark Helprin
The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make… — Ann Druyan
And it is clear to Evan, now: the difference between what is and what has been done; the present and the past. He sees that… — Garth Stein
That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on… — John Green

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