Our Basic Quotes

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Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will… — Pete Stark
I believed in belief, for its own shining sake. To believe in the face of utter hopelessness, every article of evidence to the contrary, to… — Lance Armstrong
Only a crisis - actual or perceived - produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that… — Milton Friedman
Because we all share an identical need for love, it is possible to feel that anybody we meet, in whatever circumstances, is a brother or… — Dalai Lama
We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way. — Aldous Huxley
The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From… — Terry Goodkind
WE ALREADY HAVE everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselvesâ€”the heavy-duty fearing that weâ€™re bad… — Pema Chodron
Realism falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our basic truths and our fundamental obsessions:… — Eugene Ionesco
A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely. — Yann Martel
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
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
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
Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met. — John Bradshaw
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept the formal right… — Stockwell Day
This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes. — Aaron Klug
Realism, whether it be socialist or not, falls short of reality. It shrinks it, attenuates it, falsifies it; it does not take into account our… — Eugene Ionesco
Lord we thank you for all our basic needs that you provide for us, the air we breath, the water, the food you put on… — Glen Rambharack
We all have our individual romantic or idealistic ideas. To get information that masturbation is our basic form of sex is hard, because who wants… — Betty Dodson
Our basic civil liberties are in jeopardy, but we're going to be spending our time as a society arguing about whether or not schoolchildren should… — Tom Tomorrow
Emma: I think monogamy goes against our basic biology. — No Strings Attached (Movie)

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