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I have seen that technology has contributed to improved communication, that it's contributed to better health care, that it's contributed to better food supplies, that… — John Warnock
Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea… — Joan D. Vinge
It is fashionable nowadays to talk about the endless riches of the sea. The ocean is regarded as a sort of bargain basement, but I… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without such… — Frederick Seitz
When we are constantly recreating our basic patterns of behavior and thought, we never have to leap into fresh air or onto fresh grass. Instead,… — Chogyam Trungpa
The basic structure of proteins is quite simple: they are formed by hooking together in a chain discrete subunits called amino acids. — Michael Behe
Farmers present by themselves the basic force of the national movement. Without farmers there can be no strong national movement. This is what we mean… — Joseph Stalin
New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the… — Danny Glover
In restating this basic Christian doctrine, Benedict argues that it is not only for Christians alone. Others may not share the Christian faith in God,… — Raymond J. de Souza
Though gay lifestyles have certainly moved into the open, there's little evidence that society has become more open in its basic attitudes or that entertainers… — Peter Bart
I believe that each of us can make a difference. That what is wrong can be made right. That people possess the basic wisdom and… — Hubert H. Humphrey
This paper gives wrong solutions to trivial problems. The basic error,however, is not new. — Clifford Truesdell
Imagine, for example, birds. When they look out at the world, they have a sense that they are alive. If they are in pain, they… — Antonio Damasio
From the Scriptures we find basic truths that may serve as the foundation of our teaching of history. The first basic truth is that God… — D. A. Fisher
There are two basic situations in volleyball - either you got the ball or you don't. — John Kessel
What was considered a peak mystical experience a few years ago is today the basic platform of sanity from which our exploration begins. — Arjuna Ardagh
Bill Walton, UH Volleyball coach, after his player kept looking at him on the bench every time the ball hit the floor...Next time you look… — Theodore Hesburgh
Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself. — Anna Freud
The basic skills of math, English and writing are not enough, ... You must develop a basic system of values to form and guide the… — Jim Rogers
Style as a concept has been hijacked to mean elite, refined and expensive when it should be thought of as a basic expression of life… — Scott Schuman

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