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The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't. — Byron Dorgan
There are etiquette things that actors, new actors, need to know about. Because it only takes one mess-up on a set to get fired. Not… — Loretta Devine
Information comes through to me in 3 basic ways seen, hearing, and feeling the energy of the person that's crossed over. In which it is… — John Edward
The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go… — Terence Fisher
If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need. — Kina Grannis
I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp… — David Gilmour
The basic answer is that I wasn't happy or fulfilled by the job I had and I wanted my life to mean something to me,… — Gil Gerard
If you're an actor, there's going to be a sense of fantasy about yourself, especially in the celebrity world we live in today. You give… — Rupert Everett
We fully realize today that victory in war requires a mighty united effort. Certainly, victory in peace calls for, and must receive, an equal effort.… — Harry S. Truman
Physicists often quote from T. H. White's epic novel The Once and Future King, where a society of ants declares, "Everything not forbidden is compulsory."… — Michio Kaku
[C]ultivated risk-taking represents an 'experiment with trust' (in the sense of basic trust) which consequently has implications for an individual's self-identity. (...) In cultivated risk-taking,… — Anthony Giddens
... circles of trust ... are a rare form of community - one that supports rather than supplants the individual quest for integrity - that… — Parker J. Palmer
The City is, in terms of its basic functioning, a far-off country of which we know little. — John Lanchester
Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming… — Sheldon B. Kopp
When people get at each other's throat, the rich and the poor and the Left and the Right and so on, and you have a… — Ray Dalio
I'm sure one reason I became an actor is my basic unwillingness to live one life. — Scott Glenn
Even though the Koch brothers' businesses put 4.4 million people at risk with pollutants, the Kochs have poured millions into lobbyists' coffers and political contributions… — Robert Greenwald
Why do we do basic research? To learn about ourselves. — Walter Gilbert
I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. — Ayumi Hamasaki
Surveys have shown going back as far as you and I can remember that people have perceived a leftward tilt in the basic coverage that… — Brit Hume

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