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• I couldn't think. The basics of my life seemed altered and thrown into question. After all, our families--our ancestors--are our identities. Biology is destiny. I'm not who you think I am, I had said to T.J. the last time I'd seen him. Maybe I wasn't who I'd thought I was either.

  Aimee Friedman

  Destiny, Thinking, Identity

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• I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Sight, Female, Details

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.342, Penguin

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• I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

  Alber Elbaz

  Writing, Thinking, Play

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• If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

  Andrew Weil

  Sleep, Hygiene, Quality

  "Why Dreams Are Vital to Emotional Health" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 4, 2012.

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• I suggest that the introductory courses in science, at all levels from grade school through college, be radically revised. Leave the fundamentals, the so-called basics, aside for a while, and concentrate the attention of all students on the things that are not known.

  Lewis Thomas

  School, College, Attention

  Lewis Thomas (1990). “A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays”

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• When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third.

  Rita Rudner

  Dancer, Pirouettes, Firsts

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• Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

  Steven Pressfield

  Motivation, Technology, Self

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• It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.

  Clive Owen

  Movie, Writing, Character

  "Clive Owen & Jude Law". Interview with Todd Gilchrist, www.ign.com. December 10, 2004.

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• We can choose a future where we export more products and outsource fewer jobs. After a decade that was defined by what we bought and borrowed, we're getting back to basics, and doing what America has always done best: We're making things again.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, America, Done

  Second Democratic Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 6 September 2012, Charlotte, North Carolina

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• I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

  Laura Linney

  Communication, Believe, Discipline

  Interview With Matthew Broderick, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 22, 2010.

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• Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good for the wallet, is what I'm saying.

  Phil Keoghan

  Riding, Wallets, Bicycle

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have to admit that I only read War and Peace when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

  Umberto Eco

  War

  "Umberto Eco: 'I'm a writer not a reader'" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2011.

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• I want to make the IKEA of clothes for fat girls and boys. Cheap, affordable, basic - but ethically made. Basics, you know? Like Spanx - I'm still confused as to why retailers haven't ripped them off yet and done it well. It's because they don't understand the basics behind it. I love Spanx. I'm wearing 'em right now!

  Beth Ditto

  Girl, Confused, Boys

  "Beth Ditto wants to start the 'IKEA" of plus-sized clothing lines" by Darwinl, www.mtv.com. May 25, 2012.

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• Sahaja Yoga has cured people from cancer, from all kinds of diseases which they call incurable. How? Just by awakening the Kundalini. Sahaja Yogis don't go to any doctor, they had become doctors without studying Medicine. They treat the basics. While science is analysis, like a tree has got some leaves and are showing the symptoms of some disease they try to treat the leaves. But if you have to treat the leaves, you cannot do any justice, you have to go to the roots and treat the sap! And that is how - that is the only way you can treat the tree.

  Nirmala Srivastava

  Love, Wisdom, Cancer

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• Learn the basics of analytics and people will love you. If you don't have time to learn, hire someone.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Love You, People, Analytics

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• If you look at all the serious scientists in the world, there is no big disagreement on the basics of this...it would be absolute lunacy to act as if climate change is not occurring.

  Nicholas Stern

  Science, Energy, Climate

  "Stern: Climate change deniers are 'flat-earthers'" by Sunny Hundal, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2009.

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• I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important.

  Joe Namath

  Sports, Work Ethic, Important

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• People need to understand the basics of evolution if they are going to reject it—otherwise, they are not contributing anything productive to modern society.

  Greg Graffin

  People, Needs, Evolution

  Greg Graffin, Steve Olson (2010). “Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God”, p.18, Harper Collins

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• The point is that families today are spending their money no more foolishly than their parents did. And yet they're five times more likely to go bankrupt, and three times more likely to lose their homes. Families are going broke on the basics - housing, health insurance, and education. These are the kind of bills that you can't just trim around the edges in the event of a downturn.

  Amelia Warren Tyagi

  Home, Parent, Events

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• After almost exactly three hours, we rolled into a small hole of a town that had one traffic light and a resturant simply marked DINER. There hadn't been any traffic on the road for over an hour, though, which was really the most important thing. We hadn't been followed. Sydney drove us to a building with a sign that read MOTEL. Apparently this town liked to stick to the basics when it came to names. I wouldn't be surprised if it was actually just called TOWN.

  Richelle Mead

  Light, Names, Important

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Last Sacrifice: A Vampire Academy Novel”, p.48, Penguin

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• You don't have to be a rocket scientist to prove that cutting incomes to the poorest families will have a negative impact on kids. That is less money for the basics like food, health and clothes.

  Metiria Turei

  Kids, Cutting, Impact

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• If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.

  Vera Nazarian

  Ignorant, Mind, Wish

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• Across all of the universe of creative lying, whether you believe in the art of it or the entertainment of it, or both, a certain foundation in the basics allows you to kind of jump out into the unknown.

  Jeff VanderMeer

  Art, Lying, Believe

  Source: www.barnesandnoble.com

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• The thing about being at home versus being out in the world working is, it's a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms.

  Cat Cora

  Home, Kids, Years

  "Chef Cat Cora says "Bon Appetit" at Sundance". Interview with Jane Clark, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2009.

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• Philosophy is not to think deep, but simply speak life's basics that arise, aware and awaken people who are knowingly or unknowingly in the state of sleep.

  Anuj

  Philosophy, Sleep, Thinking

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