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Itâ€™s not that Egypt doesnâ€™t have a recipe for a democratic transition. It seems to lack even the basic mental ingredients. — David Brooks
I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic… — Jim Wallis
The most characteristic concern of rhetoric [is] the manipulation of men's beliefs for political ends....the basic function of rhetoric [is] the use of words by… — Kenneth Burke
Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily.… — Alcee Hastings
Most Americans don't know enough about basic economics to fill out one fortune cookie. — Neal Boortz
At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to… — Dave Reichert
It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed… — Vincent Van Gogh
Certainly almost everything we do and think is colored in some way by memes, but it is important to realize that not everything we experience… — Susan Blackmore
The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions. — Roger Penrose
The creation story unfurling within the scientific enterprise provides the fundamental context, the fundamental arena of meaning, for all the peoples of the Earth. For… — Brian Swimme
By enlivening this most basic level of life, Transcendental Meditation is that one simple procedure which can raise the life of every individual and every… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe. — Frank Zappa
Your thought describes laws, courts, judges, punishments. Mine explains that when man makes a law, he either violates it or obeys it. If there is… — Khalil Gibran
For the most basic assumption that dictated my early attempts to respond to creative music commentary was the mistaken belief that western journalists had some… — Anthony Braxton
We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in… — Darren Shan
Marriage means handing over yourself, your body, your future, your keeping to the one whom you dearly love, although this person may, in many ways,… — Ravi Zacharias
A basic principle of American justice holds that a bad man has the same rights as a good man. — Massad Ayoob
No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men… — Bob Riley
A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional… — Robert Trout
Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion. — Antoine Lavoisier

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