Basic Quotes

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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. — Mortimer Adler
For me, the study of these laws is inseparable from a love of Nature in all its manifestations. The beauty of the basic laws of… — Murray Gell-Mann
The basic prescription for preventing deflation is straightforward, at least in principle: Use monetary and fiscal policy as needed to support aggregate spending, in a… — Ben Bernanke
Business has only two basic functions - marketing and innovation. — Peter Drucker
Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust. — Zig Ziglar
Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. — Peg Bracken
Basic dance--and I should qualify the word basic--is primarily concerned with motion. So immediately you will say but the basketball player is concerned with motion.… — Alwin Nikolais
If they took the idea that they could escape poverty through education, I think it would make a more basic and long-lasting change in the… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. — Charles Fourier
We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that anything… — Ralph Bunche
Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do… — Laurie Colwin
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual… — Jimmy Carter
Everyone has a right to peaceful coexistence, the basic personal freedoms, the alleviation of suffering, and the opportunity to lead a productive life... — Jimmy Carter
The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do. — Eric Hoffer
Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially… — Alice Walker
Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement,… — John P. Kotter
Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness. — Susan Faludi
Schools have not necessarily much to do with education...they are mainly institutions of control where certain basic habits must be inculcated in the young. Education… — Winston Churchill
Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If it is true, as I have tried to show, that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem ofhuman existence, then… — Erich Fromm

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