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I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor. — Bill Joy
The belief in God is not therefore based on the perception of design in nature. Belief in design in nature is based upon the belief… — Chapman Cohen
Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting. — Julian Barnes
My relationships are based on personal reciprocity. Being a Dodger was a matter of heart, but in the end I felt they didn't want me. — Steve Garvey
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity… — Paul Tsongas
The health of the planet is at stake, because the cruelty and the waste that accompanies the slaughter of billions of animals each year literally… — James Cromwell
There is no stopping the world's tendency to throw off imposed restraints, the religious authority that is based on the ignorance of the many, the… — Van Wyck Brooks
In the past, traditional art was based on making manifest what is enduring in man, like love, jealousy, hatred, envy, and greed... . Today art… — Tawfiq al-Hakim
To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power. — Anwar Sadat
If human values were relative, all laws-whether those based on revealed religions or those devised by man-would become meaningless. — Anwar Sadat
No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the basis for the… — Barbara Tuchman
All my work, really, is based on my brothers and sisters. I had so many adventures with them and a big part of the work… — Ryan McGinley
I believe the biggest breakthroughs on cancer could come from brilliant researchers based in India. — Siddhartha Mukherjee
I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be. — Victoria Moran
Easter occurs on different dates each year because, like the Jewish Passover, it is based upon the vernal equinox, that dramatic moment when the hours… — Tom Harpur
People really have to believe in their tax system. They have to believe that there is an equitable distribution of the burden, but there is… — Richard Neal
Experience burned into me the conviction that access to education ought to be based on how much you are willing to learn and how hard… — Dave Obey
My life is really so much based in England. — Jamie Oliver
Music shouldn't be based around money or politics. Music should be a bunch of people that really do great songs together doing them together for… — Gerald Caiafa
Life is deceitful because all warfare is based on deception. — William C. Brown

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