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Only those who still have hope can benefit from tears. When they finish, they feel better. But to those without hope, whose anguish is basic… — Nathanael West
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesnâ€™t murder murder. Violence may murder the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
i do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves… — Charles Bukowski
Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap. Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a… — Alan Watts
Fear is the most basic emotion we have. Fear is primal. Fear sells. — Max Brooks
[Cities] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by… — Jane Jacobs
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: - (1)… — Milan Kundera
All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I didn't mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Beyond the element of giving, the active characteristic of love becomes evident in the fact that it always implies certain basic elements, common to all… — Erich Fromm
When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith. — Alberto Moravia
The pressure disappeared with the first word he put on paper. He thought--while his hand moved rapidly--what a power there was in words; later, for… — Ayn Rand
I think of it often and imagine the scene clearly. Even if they come to kill me, I will tell them what they are trying… — Malala Yousafzai
They were afraid of your authentic love, because authentic love is beyond their control.You are possessed by it. Youï»¿ are not the possessor, you are… — Rajneesh
Basic personality traits develop early in life and over time become inviolable, hardwired. Most people learn little from experience, rarely thinking of adjusting their behavior,… — A.S.A. Harrison
Around Mik, my powers desert me. I lose basic motor function, like my brain focuses all neural activity on my lips and shifts into kiss… — Laini Taylor
In my dream, it was the tongue of what is, and anything spoken in it becomes real, because nothing said in that language can be… — Neil Gaiman
There is a basic law that like attracts like. Negative thinking definitely attracts negative results. Conversely, if a person habitually thinks optimistically and hopefully, his… — Norman Vincent Peale
A basic tenet of healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency — Peter Fenn
The basic idea behind teaching is to teach people what they need to know. — Carl Rogers

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