Basic Quotes

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Childhood is not a state which only applies to the first phase of our lives in the biological sense. Rather it is a basic condition… — Karl Rahner
I'm not an abstractionist. I'm not interested in the relationship of color or form or anything else. I'm interested only in expressing basic human emotions:… — Mark Rothko
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that â€œdoesnâ€™t count,â€ i.e., that I do not refer to my own basic… — Ayn Rand
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing… — Stanley Kubrick
The road now stretched across open country, and it occured to me - not by way of protest, not as a symbol, or anything like… — Vladimir Nabokov
Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates… — Sam Harris
Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don't even notice it. — Sakyong Mipham
I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history... The overt reversal… — Jimmy Carter
Quantum theory thus reveals a basic oneness of the universe. It shows that we cannot decompose the world into independently existing smallest units. As we… — Fritjof Capra
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We… — Ron Paul
I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to… — Lance Armstrong
We are fat and sick and dying because we have handed a basic, fundamental and intimate function of life over to corporations. We choose to… — Alton Brown
You are a white. The Imperial Wizard. Now, if you don't think this is logic you can burn me on the fiery cross. This is… — Lenny Bruce
When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for… — Cesar Chavez
We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore… — Thomas Jefferson
...the basic stuff of the universe, at its core, is looking like a kind of pure energy that is malleable to human intention and expectation… — James Redfield
When I confront a human being as my Thou and speak the basic word I-Thou to him, then he is no thing among things nor… — Martin Buber
I write - and read - for the sake of the story... My basic test for any story is: 'Would I want to meet these… — Ayn Rand
Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. — Chuck Palahniuk
They keep saying that sea levels are rising an' all this. It's nowt to do with the icebergs melting, it's because there's too many fish… — Karl Pilkington

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