#basis

As people grow up and they want more freedom, it's on an individual basis, children want to have more freedom, you've got to allow that, so how do you balance it. I would say let it evolve, move as quickly or slowly as people would like to move. ↗

— Goh Chok Tong

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In other words, what is supposedly found is an invention whose inventor is unaware of his act of invention, who considers it as something that exists independently of him; the invention then becomes the basis of his world view and actions. ↗

— Paul Watzlawick

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Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one. ↗

— Francis Wright

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We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention. ↗

— Francis Wright

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

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#argument #basis #plaintiff #you

I became the Dalai Lama not on a volunteer basis. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ↗

— Ben Nelson

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I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis. ↗

— Mary Teresa Norton

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It is hard to get in the habit of forcing yourself to find three things on a regular basis that you are grateful for. ↗

— Deborah Norville

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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

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