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When corruption is king, there is no accountability of leadership and no trust in authority. Society devolves to the basic units of family and self,… — Nuhu Ribadu
I went to a place recently I think is one of the most f**ked up places I've ever been to. I'm convinced this place is… — Aziz Ansari
What we're about is the belief that access to affordable and real-time health information is a basic human right, and it's a civil right. — Elizabeth Holmes
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other basic needs and… — Ray Dalio
Anything John Stott says is worth listening to. Anything he writes is worth reading. Basic Christianity is not only a classic must-read for every believer;… — Anne Graham Lotz
The future. Space travel, or cosmology. Alternate universes. Time travel. Robots. Marvelous inventions. Immortality. Catastrophes. Aliens. Superman. Other dimensions. Inner space, or the psyche. These… — Kate Wilhelm
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore,… — Carlisle Floyd
We believe that when we choose anything, judge a stranger and even fall in love, we understand the principal factors that influenced us. Very often… — Leonard Mlodinow
You know, my basic theory about kids: they are monsters in children ziploc suits, which they discard when they go to school each day. — Douglas Clegg
What would the world be like if you had to develop a power yourself before you could use it? Just as a silly example: How… — John C. Wright
Essentialists hope that when students leave school, they will possess not only basic skills and an extensive body of knowledge, but also disciplined, practical minds,… — William Bagley
You do not need to do many different exercises to get strong - you need to get strong on a very few important exercises, movements… — Mark Rippetoe
I think that the basic philosophy was very good. It was just be nice to each other, and don't step on other people's toes and… — Kevin Ayers
A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions… — James W. Sire
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but it… — Laurie Alberts
Dharma has several connotations in South Asian religions, but in Buddhism it has two basic, interrelated meanings: dharma as 'teaching' as found in the expression… — Taitetsu Unno
Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or… — Taitetsu Unno
There are a hundred or perhaps a thousand other emotions, or gradations, created by the mixing, blending, and overlapping of the basic ones. — Anabel Jensen
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another? — James D. Houston
If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we… — Ron Paul

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