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Teens in the '90s had the same basic desires as they do now. — Jay Asher
We are always doing something to cover up our basic existential anxiety. Some people live that way until the day they die. — Joko Beck
Since scarcity is the basic economic problem, if it does not exist then there is no reason for my economics course. Devoting time to the… — Kurt Bills
Molecular gastronomy is not bad... but without sound, basic culinary technique, it is useless. — Alton Brown
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things. — Harrison Birtwistle
Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically… — Iain Banks
The basic rule of storytelling is 'show, don't tell. — Julianna Baggott
Thus, the more succinctly a train of thought was expounded, and the more comprehensive the unity of its basic idea, the closer it would approximate… — Max Bill
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information… — Bram Cohen
My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a… — Bram Cohen
Young people, some of whom are not born into the faith, are being fired up by preachers using basic Islamic scripture and mobilized to wage… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
I learnt basic cookery by watching my mum. — Jane Asher
We believe that God is big enough to give every nationality their own religion, as he's given them their own taste in food, in plants,… — Duane Chapman
I had no interest in being your basic vanilla girl. I've been lucky enough that I haven't had to play that. — Emma Caulfield
Perhaps of all the most basic elements of music, rhythm most directly affects our central nervous system. — George Crumb
I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment. — Gina Carano
Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence… — John Cornyn
Their prejudice allowed white Southerners to look the other way when blacks were denied their most basic human rights, and it encouraged the worst of… — Linda Chavez
Does anyone really believe it is possible to make even the most basic ends meet on $5.15 an hour? — Russ Carnahan
My first app was released in July or August of 2008. It was a 'fingermill' - a treadmill for your fingers. My level of programming… — Nick D'Aloisio

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