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The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is the basis of all that precedes.

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg about people, human imperfections, man

We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about force, country, power

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I...

I wish I knew how to imagine a short story, because I rather like the form, but they're too time-consuming for me to write on a regular basis.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about wish, time

I think they find that it calls their status and function much more into question than they can bear... the supposed positivistic basis for their activity is put into question, and their humility is exposed as a self-deception.

Quote by Lester Bangs about deception, question, humility, activity, self-control

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of...

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of the cases that established those principles on a real life on the ground basis.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about thinking, real estate, life

It is not to benefit CBS, not to benefit its reporters. On this one, the entire basis of it is this is a way to get more information, more important information to the public. And that's why so many states

Quote by Floyd Abrams about public

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about contentment

But to any thinking American who understands the basis of...

But to any thinking American who understands the basis of free government, the cultural developments in Europe are alarming to say the least.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about thinking, americans

We're born with success. It is only others who point out our failures, and what they attribute to us as failure. I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not...

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about failure, good, good luck, contentment, self-control, success, idea

Some people are naturally thin and some people are naturally heavier. It doesn't mean that bigger is healthier, or much thinner is healthier, it's on an individual basis.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about nation, people

Thus, there can be no real disarmament except on the...

Thus, there can be no real disarmament except on the basis of the collective peace system of the League of Nations.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about nation, peace, real estate

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for...

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Quote by Frank Herbert about morality, respect, truth, being

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles, he can only discover them.

Quote by Thomas Paine about science, man

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account, it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

Quote by Paracelsus about nature, man

We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about interest, problems, self-control

During the successful visit of the President of India to China last year, the two sides affirmed that China and India pose no threat to each other and would continue to develop bilateral relations on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful...

Quote by Li Peng about success, country

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I...

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

Quote by William Faulkner about opinion, perfection, failure, dream, impossible

We know there is death only because it is the opposite of Life, and we can recognize only one opposite because we think on the basis of a bivalent logic of good and bad, beautiful and ugly, etc. How would Life or Death look like if they had three...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about destiny, death, shadow, logic, knowledge, bad luck, life, bad, god, nothing

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Quote by Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi about question, progress, power, human imperfections

A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the...

A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.

Quote by Johannes Vilhelm Jensen about literature, evolution, problems

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