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The economic and social decline of Zimbabwe is shocking and appalling. Life there is unrecognisable from that of the recent past. Each day is a… — Lucy Powell
Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for… — R L Stine
The basic problem is that web 2.0 tools are not supportive of democracy by design. They are tools designed to gather spy-agency-like data in a… — Jaron Lanier
I have a really basic uniform: in winter, black tights and any old dress that I can throw on. In summer, high-waisted jeans and this… — Claudia Schiffer
I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp… — Gail Simmons
We are a small, open economy, highly dependent on global flows. It is inevitably a demand that dramatically alters and that is reflected in what… — John Key
I like to always remind my dancers about ways to avoid injury. One of the basic ways to avoid injury is to always make sure… — Laurieann Gibson
We often talk about people with great memories as though it were some sort of an innate gift, but that is not the case. Great… — Joshua Foer
The Icesave matter is complex and it is understandable that the issue has been oversimplified by many. Unfortunately some of the basic facts of the… — Johanna Siguroardottir
Pay your utilities, gas and other basic needs before paying on your debts. — Dave Ramsey
A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are… — Jeff Lindsay
The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the basic paradoxes that… — Amin Maalouf
I love studying folklore and legends. The stories that people passed down for a thousand years without any sort of marketing support are obviously saying… — Tim Schafer
The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your… — Roger Avary
Jesse Stone did more to develop the basic rock-and-roll sound than anybody else. — Ahmet Ertegun
The basic and essential human is the woman — Orson Welles
I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing a nuclear disaster is basic. — Arthur Sylvester
If it is true that the basic quest of man is freedom, the question we must ask is: Is it freedom from or freedom for?… — Benjamin Disraeli
The most basic function of government is to provide a framework of law and order, within which the people are free to choose. — Thomas Sowell
An exceptionally knowledgeable person with his deep knowledge of wide ranging subjects has the capability to provide solutions to almost every problem. He has the… — Sam Veda

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