Basics Quotes

• In times of life crisis, whether wild fires or smoldering stress, the first thing I do is go back to basics... am I eating right, am I getting enough sleep, am I getting some physical and mental exercise everyday.

  Edward Albert

  Stress, Sleep, Exercise

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• Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Success

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Dec 27, 2016

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• Champions are brilliant at the basics.

  John Wooden

  Champion, Brilliant

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• Most of us forget the basics and wonder why the specifics don't work.

  Garrison Wynn

  Wonder, Forget, Specifics

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• Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion.

  Niki Taylor

  Family, Fashion, Sticks

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• Everything in life goes back to the basics.

  Kron Gracie

  Art, Martial Arts

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• There is no shortage of opportunity. There is only a shortage of those who will apply themselves to the basics that success requires.

  Jim Rohn

  Opportunity, Shortage

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 06, 2012

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• The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics.

  Shane Black

  Way, Remember, Bottom

  Source: collider.com

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• To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.

  Alan Greenspan

  Success, Education, Business

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• If you spend too much time learning the 'tricks' of the trade, you may not learn the trade. There are no shortcuts. If you're working on finding a short cut, the easy way, you're not working hard enough on the fundamentals. You may get away with it for a spell, but there is no substitute for the basics. And the first basic is good, old fashioned hard work.

  John Wooden

  Hard Work, Cutting, Fundamentals

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• It is time to return to those core values, time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

  John Major

  Responsibility, Self, Law

  "Major gives seal of approval to Tories' right-wing agenda". The Sunday Times, October 9, 1993.

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• Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business.

  Gerard Arpey

  Jobs, Mean, Great Job

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• Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

  Theodor Reik

  Good Love, Romantic Love, And Love

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• Shoulda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done. In attacking adversity, only a positive attitude, alertness, and regrouping to basics can launch a comeback.

  Pat Riley

  Teamwork, Attitude, Adversity

  Pat Riley (1993). “The winner within: a life plan for team players”, Putnam Adult

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• I talked about 12 to 18 months, and that's about reaffirming our foundation for sustained growth: getting the discipline back, getting the basics right, getting the customer focus back... so by the end of next year, I hope most of that's in place.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Years, Discipline, Focus

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• If you look at the human condition today, not everyone is well fed, has access to good medical care, or the physical basics that provide for a healthy and a happy life.

  Ralph Merkle

  Happy Life, Careers, Healthy

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• My father was both the person who gave me reason to learn how to fight and the one who taught me the basics of fighting. He would tell me that if it was a big fight, it would probably be uneven, it wouldn't be fair

  June Jordan

  Father, Fighting, Taught

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• Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall.

  Laura Miller

  Real, Cities, People

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• I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal

  John Elway

  Football, Animal, Nfl

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• Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano.

  Caroline Corr

  Writing, Piano, Yeah

  "Caroline Corr of The Corrs". Interview with Billy Amendola, www.moderndrummer.com. May 2005.

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• You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?

  Debbie Allen

  Talking, Acting, Pages

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• Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics.

  Joan Blades

  Common Sense, Our Future, Wells

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• It's not what you spend but how you wear it that counts. The key is often to dress up inexpensive basics with accessories. Something like a beautiful designer bag or belt can make everything else look richer and more luxurious.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Beautiful, Keys, Dresses

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

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• Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

  Liu Xiaobo

  Mother, Truth, Freedom

  "Liu Xiaobo: 'No Enemies, No Hatred,' Only Courage". Statement prepared for court, www.npr.org. February 16, 2012.

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• I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?

  Anne Rice

  Beautiful, Religious, World

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