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The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization. Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health,… — George Bernard Shaw
We are grossly wasting our energy resources and other precious raw materials as though their supply were infinite. We must even face the prospect of… — Jimmy Carter
power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing basic services to… — Robert M. Gates
Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects, I am hopeful that a time will come when… — Dalai Lama
The agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order. — Bernard Crick
The battle over the validity of evolution has been publicly posed as a scientific one. However, you will find little sign of it in scientific… — Victor J. Stenger
One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act… — Margaret Chase Smith
We have moved into an era where we are called upon to raise certain basic questions about the whole society. We are still called upon… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brute force, no matter how strongly applied, can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom. — Dalai Lama
Basic research is like shooting an arrow in the air and, where it lands, painting a target. — Homer Burton Adkins
A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
In every well-written play the battle rages between the primary powers of Good and Evil, and it is this battle which constitutes the life impulse… — Michael Chekhov
To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God. To… — Charles R. Swindoll
Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the face of freedom… — H. L. Mencken
Creating relationship is the heart of acting. It is basic. It is essential. — Michael Shurtleff
The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting. — Charlie Chaplin
If we are to use our tools in the service of fitting in on Earth, our basic relationship to nature--even the story we tell ourselves… — Janine Benyus
Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people vote these days,… — John Diamond
One of the basic things we should avoid is to criticize others. Better to criticize yourself. Criticize yourself, criticize your brothers and sisters, criticize your… — Nirmala Srivastava
You are not the sum of your physical, mental, emotional life, but you are designed for the spiritual. The whole design of the human being… — Nirmala Srivastava

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