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The minds of human beings are not always entirely at one with the world in which they live, some people have trouble adjusting to reality,… — Jose Saramago
Vice is basically the love of failure. — Elfriede Jelinek
And is not peace, in the last analysis, basically a matter of human rights -- the right to live out our lives without fear of… — John F. Kennedy
Girls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are… — Frank Portman
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the… — Dave Barry
It's far easier to write why something is terrible than why it's good. If you're reviewing a film and you decide "This is a movie… — Chuck Klosterman
Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly — Jeffrey Eugenides
So basically your plan is to flail about helplessly. — Harlan Coben
the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near… — Charles Bukowski
Independence is a complex word in a foreign tongue. To resist occupation, whether you're a nation or merely a woman, you must understand the language… — Barbara Kingsolver
i believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try and make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. then you… — Ernest Hemingway
I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs.… — Nelson DeMille
All major religious traditions carry basically the same message that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our… — Dalai Lama
I didnâ€™t tell him. He found out. Basically, he caught me coming in after the last time you and I saw each other. But he… — Claudia Gray
Sometimes I forget how much I like riding the bike." Most chicks do," I said. "Roar of the engine and so on." Murphy's blue eyes… — Jim Butcher
We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that weâ€™re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers.… — Irvine Welsh
In other words, let's face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that's unfair, I think it's possible to seek out a… — Haruki Murakami
The Sophists had this idea: Forget this idea of what's true or notâ€”what you want to do is rhetoric; you want to be able to… — David Foster Wallace
So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing â€“ and then my tits explode at the end. It's… — Lady Gaga
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles,… — William S. Burroughs

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