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The basic idea which runs right through modern history and modern liberalism is that the public has got to be marginalized. The general public are… — Noam Chomsky
Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic biological urges than… — Desmond Morris
The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change. — Al Gore
The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is… — Susan Sontag
Life is supplied with a basic adequacy. — E. Stanley Jones
As far as rearing children goes, the basic idea I try to keep in mind is that a child is a person. Just because they… — Frank Zappa
Sex was invented as a biological instrument by (say) the green algae. But as an instrument in the ascent of man which is basic to… — Jacob Bronowski
Basic anxiety can be roughly described as a feeling of being small, insignificant, helpless, deserted or endangered in a world that is out to abuse,… — Karen Horney
What is basic guerilla strategy? Guerilla strategy must be based primarily on alertness, mobility, and attack. It must be adjusted to the enemy situation, the… — Mao Zedong
Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial… — Christopher McDougall
If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and… — Anthony Burgess
In my early life, and probably even today, it is not sufficiently understood that a child's education should include at least a rudimentary grasp of… — Phyllis Bottome
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life… — Kafu Nagai
Being exposed to theory, stimulated by a basic love of concepts and mathematics, was a marvelous experience. — Rudolph A. Marcus
I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold… — Alexei Navalny
I trained with the FBI in Portland and I also had many conversations with female FBI agents in Los Angeles, as well. That was again… — Connie Nielsen
I began after college, about 1972. I began to teach myself photography. I went to work for a local newspaper for four years as a… — James Nachtwey
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space. — Oscar Niemeyer
In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a… — Keith O'Brien
On this basic - being right and doing right the whole world can unite. — Swami Vivekananda

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