Basics Quotes - Page 6

• I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Teaching, Stories, Students

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• What you need to learn are basic types of concentration, bringing more energy into your life, plugging up the holes where you lose energy, the basics of self-discovery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Discovery

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• You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.

  Anne Bernays

  Giving Up, Character, Writing

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• If you are a programmer working in 2006 and you don’t know the basics of characters, character sets, encodings, and Unicode, and I catch you, I’m going to punish you by making you peel onions for six months in a submarine.

  Joel Spolsky

  Character, Six, Onions

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• No two children learn in the same way. While we might agree that every American eight-year-old should be able to read and multiply, beyond those basics, there are few reasons to make every student follow the same path.

  John Katzman

  Children, Eight, Years

  "Bringing Free Market Choices to Education" by John Katzman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2013.

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• Work and love these are the basics; waking life is a dream controlled.

  George Santayana

  Dream, And Love, Waking Life

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• Back to Basics was absolute humbug, wasn't it?

  Edwina Currie

  Humbug, Back To Basics, Absolutes

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• The few women who have been admitted to the study are usually given a second-class status in which they are taught only the basics of self-discovery.

  Frederick Lenz

  Women, Class, Discovery

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• Self-checkout is negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion.

  Debbie Allen

  Self, Names, People

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• The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.

  Dan Gable

  Kids, Years, Play

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• Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk

  Gary Crowley

  Rocks, Simplicity, Punk

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• I worship makeup. The basics are always: Stila shadows, LeClerc powder for my crazy shiny skin, Bobbie brown liner pot, Chanel mascara, and Koh Gen Do for foundation, Nars for colors and sparkles.

  Mindy Kaling

  Crazy, Makeup, Color

  "The Office's Mindy Kaling Dishes On Fashion, Beauty, And Hollywood!". Interview with Kate Mulling, www.refinery29.com. October 13, 2011.

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• Adele is so great! I love "Someone Like You"! Everyone is just raving about it. What's so nice about it - and a lot of her songs - is it just takes it back to basics.

  Kerry Ellis

  Song, Nice, Like You

  Source: www.broadwayworld.com

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• Someone could have an outstanding comprehension of a bodybuilding diet and a background in nutrition but not have the work ethic and desire to put it into practice. That person won’t be as successful as the person who understands some basics and puts them into action regularly.

  Robert Cheeke

  Successful, Bodybuilding, Practice

  Robert Cheeke (2011). “Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness”, p.69, Book Publishing Company

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• Craigslist does serve as a platform where people help each other for the basics, and also, shows people that the Internet is good for mutual support. I do feel pretty good about that.

  Craig Newmark

  Mutual Support, People, Doe

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• If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics.

  Buck Brannaman

  Missing, Destined, Ifs

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• As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

  Tracy Chevalier

  Morning, Cutting, Clothes

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• I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the 'Luddites.' I'm happiest when I'm behind the kit.

  Rick Astley

  Rocks, Play, Band

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

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• The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning how things work.

  Martin Rees

  Technology, People, Benefits

  "Britain needs schools for science" by Martin Rees, www.theguardian.com. September 19, 2011.

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• The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use to me. Schools should teach the basics of cookery, first aid, how to look after your money and how to speak foreign languages. Useful things.

  Jane Asher

  School, Knowing, Long

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• Reading is the basics for all learning.

  George W. Bush

  Reading, Humor, Political

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• Running makes you an athlete in all areas of life...trained in the basics, prepared for whatever comes, ready to fill each hour and deal with the decisive moment.

  George A. Sheehan

  Running, Athlete, Moments

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• I can do basics, but I'm not a proper cook. I can do a roast. I can stick a chicken in the oven with vegetables.

  Lesley Nicol

  Vegetables, Sticks, Ovens

  Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

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• If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are the three Rs that our children need to master for the sake of their souls and the health of the world.

  Zoe Weil

  Inspiring, Children, Reading

  Zoe Weil (2003). “Above All, Be Kind: Raising a Humane Child in Challenging Times”, p.41, New Society Publishers

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• What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics?
  Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with.

  Skeme

  Rap, Hip Hop, Advice

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