Basic Quotes

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Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the… — Eric Allin Cornell
There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open… — John Lennon
The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing. — Sherrod Brown
We demand a non-violent world where human security is the basis of our common global security. People have the right to live in a world… — Shirin Ebadi
In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war… — Roger Nash Baldwin
My colleagues and I took a stand in our work several years ago that we would not look for the magic bullet, because there is… — Jeffrey Sachs
In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information… — Tim Bishop
Its easier to get a divorce than pass the driving test. Now its just a basic form-filling exercise. — Paul Coleridge
But one thing you have to understand clearly is that it is the man who longs for domination, and it is the woman who dominates.… — Rajneesh
Hence there are so many kinds of love and so many kinds of compassion. But the basic, the most fundamental, is to understand this three-rung… — Rajneesh
Relationship is the mirror: see your face there. Always remember relationship is the mirror. If your meditation is going deep, your relationship will become different… — Rajneesh
The Social Security program is a pact between workers and their employers that they will contribute to a common fund to ensure that those who… — Jimmy Carter
We, as citizens or members of people's organisations, can preserve and nourish basic principles needed for long-term efforts aimed at transforming a totalitarian and war-torn… — Katarina Kruhonja
Insecurity refers to a profoud sense of self-doubt-a deep feeling of uncertainty about our basic worth and our place in the world. Insecurity is associated… — Beth Moore
Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of the greater national… — Aung San Suu Kyi
There's a basic human weakness inherent in all people which tempts them to bitterly want what they can't have and ungratefully not want what is… — Robert Ringer
A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it's personal, it's positive, it's present tense, it's visual, and it's emotional. — Stephen Covey
If we want to make relatively minor changes in our lives, we can perhaps appropriately focus on our attitudes and behaviors. But if we want… — Stephen Covey

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