Basic Quotes

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The basic truth of all things, as nearly as we may ever dream of determining and knowing this truth, is form, that which is, as… — William Saroyan
A good way to work on alternate picking is to choose three or four notes, and work on those. Too often, players who are trying… — Al Di Meola
People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs. — Abdolkarim Soroush
The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts. — Hal Boyle
Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be… — Eric Greitens
As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or… — Josef Albers
In the West, the basic economic and social unit is the individual; in Africa, it is the extended family or the collective. — George Ayittey
Innocence and optimism have one basic failing: they have no fundamental depth. — Charles A. Reich
The essential purpose of astrology is not so much to tell us what we will meet on our road, as it is to suggest how… — Dane Rudhyar
You can leave the Church, but you canâ€™t leave it alone. The basic reason for this is simple. Once someone has received a witness of… — Glenn L. Pace
Finally, it was about how people treat one another. It was about human dignity. We forced the employers to treat us as equals, to sit… — Harry Bridges
My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint. — David Maraniss
Same-sex marriage would eliminate entirely in law the basic idea of a mother and a father for every child. It would create a society which… — Keith O'Brien
The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional. — Ted Olson
Understandably, no peace can sustained when people continue to suffer from hunger, lack of jobs, lack of basic public services - and most of all… — Mikhail Saakashvili
You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being… — Mireille Guiliano
To be born a Southern woman is to be made aware of your distinctiveness. And with it, the rules. The expectations. These vary some, but… — Allison Glock
I believe that the basic attribute of mankind is to look after each other — Fred Hollows
A basic principle of data processing teaches the folly of trying to maintain independent files in synchonism. — Fred Brooks
My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. — Henry Taube

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