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There could be no more powerful argument against mixing religion and government than the success of independent African American churches in placing racial segregation and… — Susan Jacoby
There is no future in which bits will be harder to copy than they are today ... Any business model that based on the idea… — Cory Doctorow
... you should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts,… — Walter Mosley
There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my… — William Trevor
All of my work is based on nature. I grew up in a rural environment and living in the Bay Area allows for immediate access… — Judith Anderson
Computer users soon learn that the miraculous powers of personal computers are based on avoidance of error. — Robert Burchfield
The arms race is based on an optimistic view of technology and a pessimistic view of man. It assumes there is no limit to the… — I F Stone
I like that 3D is based on the fact that you look with two eyes, so two cameras imitate that. — Bernardo Bertolucci
Every nation makes decisions based on self-interest and defends them on the basis of morality. — William Sloane Coffin
Fact is based upon vulgar matter. — Charles Olson
All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to… — Meg Cabot
I don't make decisions based on money. — David Duchovny
Sometimes I read a script and it's obvious from early on that it's one where the suspension of disbelief has to develop strongly from page… — Gillian Anderson
Public policy in the twentieth century was about protecting and expanding the social compact, based on recognition that effective government at the federal level provides… — Carl Bernstein
Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty. — Jack Kemp
Gender based violence anywhere is a threat to peace and security everywhere. — John F. Kerry
In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known. — Alan Dean Foster
Trial by jury. Live wherever you can make a living. How could a government based on such principles fail? — Stephen Ambrose
The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales. — Howard Stern
I am so tired of fear. And I don't want my girls to live in a country, in a world, based on fear. — Michelle Obama

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