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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
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
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
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
Back to Basics was absolute humbug, wasn't it? -- Edwina Currie
I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics. -- Shawn Johnson
Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis. -- Theodor Reik
I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal -- John Elway
Oh yeah, we all write. That's what's great about when you have basics in piano. -- Caroline Corr
I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful? -- Anne Rice
Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends - they will never go out of fashion. -- Niki Taylor
Now it's time to focus on basics for people in our neighborhoods... and real ethics reform at City Hall. -- Laura Miller
Communication is like the basics of mechanical engineering, the more moving parts you have the more likely it is to break down! -- Garrison Wynn
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
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
In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall. -- Laura Miller
I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own. -- Lukas Foss
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Financial literacy is just as important in life as the other basics. -- John W. Rogers, Jr.
My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club. -- Sergei Bubka
I was lucky enough when it came to sports and work ethic to be taught some basics that continue to be important. -- Joe Namath
When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics. -- Keegan Bradley
At the beginning of every role I take, I have to start from basics and build it up. It's like a new construction. -- Kim Cattrall
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
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
It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back. -- Dave Thomas
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
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
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
When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started. -- Alexander Wang
If we went back to the basics of vegetables, legumes, grains - the things closer to the Earth - it's a lot better for the Earth and for other people. We can feed more people, we can feed the starving people. -- Nellie McKay
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
If you don't have a voice that forces you back to basics, you're a dangerous person. Or to put it another way: You're at risk, and the people with you are at risk. I'm not a daredevil. I don't fly without a safety net. -- Steve Wynn
Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics, to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state. -- John Major
Things have changed a lot since the earth was cooling and I was a teenage girl, but the basics of teenage bedrooms have remained the same. Every girl wants a place that they are proud to call their own and where they can express their own individuality. -- Candice Olson
What I'm making music for now is more similar to what I was doing in the beginning. In those days it was all about doing music so when people heard it in a club it would take their minds of their worries. I got more artistic but now I've gone back to basics. -- Curtis Jones
After assessing what's in your closet, make a list of what you need. Not want, but need. Write down the basics missing from your wardrobe. It could be a classic white shirt, a trenchcoat, or the perfect little black dress. Whatever the blank spots, write them down. This will be your reference for shopping. -- Nina Garcia
I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style. -- Camila Alves
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
Champions are brilliant at the basics. -- John Wooden
Reading is the basics for all learning. -- George W. Bush
Everything in life goes back to the basics. -- Kron Gracie
After you have the basics down it's all mental. -- Ken Venturi
American Apparel does great colourful basics that you can customise. -- Rita Ora
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love. -- Waylon Jennings
My first job as premier will be to go back to basics. -- Lara Giddings
Once you have your basics down, you can start breaking the rules. -- Tom Colicchio
Back to basics Rock & Roll capturing the beauty and simplicity of punk -- Gary Crowley
There are endless exercises for arms, but the basics are best-chinups and pushups. -- Sylvester Stallone
Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train. -- Rafer Johnson
Work and love these are the basics; waking life is a dream controlled. -- George Santayana
Most of us forget the basics and wonder why the specifics don't work. -- Garrison Wynn
Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day. -- Cameron Russell
I'm getting the basics with the AFL, but the NFL is a different animal. -- John Elway
During the lockout year, my focus was the basics, sharpening my moves, my fundamentals. -- Brandon Jennings
Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics. -- Gogen Yamaguchi
If you get basics that can be switched and piece it together, that is so important. -- Zendaya
My brother's my teacher, my mentor, and we both learnt all the acting basics from our father. -- Jeff Bridges
In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - I'm not a snob like that. -- Aerin Lauder
In terms of pots and pans, I just use the basics - Im not a snob like that. -- Aerin Lauder
If you miss the beginning, the basics, then you are destined to go back and visit the basics. -- Buck Brannaman
The only way you can stay on top is to remember to touch bottom and get back to basics. -- Shane Black
it sounded stupid, but of course everything does when you're just getting the bare bones facts, only the basics... -- Sarah Dessen
I really don't wear a lot of makeup, but my makeup artist Priscilla Ono has taught me the basics. -- Amber Rose
Learn the basics of analytics and people will love you. If you don't have time to learn, hire someone. -- W. Edwards Deming
Rather than trying to master nature we should start with the basics of trying to understand nature, cooperate with nature. -- Bryant McGill
What's the basis when rappers don't know the basics? Still not takin' advice from those I wouldn't trade places with. -- Skeme
That's the classic nature of people, though. We'll skip the basics and get pissed when the sexy stuff doesn't work. -- Martyn Rooney
Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone. -- Pope Francis
Somehow, we have gotten off track from the basics of health and spirituality, and we get in our own way. -- Alice McCall
I've always been serious about music. After you've done it for so many years, you get back to the basics. -- Brian McKnight
My basics are black, white, or neutral, and I'll wear a ton of jewelry or carry a brightly colored bag. -- Rachel Zoe
It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. -- Clive Owen
In hindsight, that time out of football gives you the hunger to want to get back to basics and play football. -- Alan Smith
I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then. -- Umberto Eco
I've been an actor for 30 years, so I pretty much know how to do the basics of a fight without hurting anybody. -- Julie Benz
They say blood is thicker than water. Only in certain cases, you need water to live. You learn that in the basics. -- Styles P
The Buddha taught three cycles of teachings. His first cycle of teachings cover the basics, the prerequisites. This would include the Dharmapada. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
When families can afford the basics, they can reinvest in their communities, and higher wages means a broader consumer base for businesses. -- David Rolf
Hunger and necessity are poor teachers of morality. A society that cannot provide the basics of life does not get its laws obeyed. -- A.J. Quinnell
We have to get back down to basics. We have to start organizing at the neighborhood level to get people educated to vote. -- Dolores Huerta
The basics of acting are really better in America than in Europe. Just the basic "fake laugh" is impossible to get in France. -- Thomas Mars
We learn most readily, most naturally, most effectively, when we start with the big picture - precisely when the basics don't come first. -- Alfie Kohn
Obviously, education is hugely important, along with healthcare. They're the basics and you're hurting your own country if you don't pour money into them. -- Kelly Reilly
I started out as a drummer, and now play with a back-to-basics rock band called the Luddites. Im happiest when Im behind the kit. -- Rick Astley
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
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
Play small ball. Get back to basics. I would say that you need to be a conservative, but you need to maintain your independent streak. -- Andrea Tantaros
I think a lot of modern day guitarists start off playing like Eddie van Halen, and they don't take the time to learn the basics. -- Alvin Lee
The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art. -- Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
I started at GM knowing very little about that particular business. Not being an expert means you have to learn everything, starting from the basics. -- Edward Whitacre, Jr.
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
Let's try to bring more style into basics, and let's touch real people all around the world, people who don't really care who Christophe Lemaire is. -- Christophe Lemaire
It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and theyll keep coming back. -- Dave Thomas
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 Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Whenever I get to a low point, I go back to the basics. I ask myself, "Why am I doing this?" It comes down to passion. -- Lyn St. James
...the very basics of photography [can] be potent and strange. So why not make pictures about the medium itself and see where they would take me? -- Abelardo Morell
Like most complicated things where it's easy to get derailed, their marriage was successful because they mastered the basics. From that mastery they could weather anything. -- Fawn Weaver
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
What I think is the most important thing to learn about any instrument is the basics of music. Learn your ABCs before you write a Hemingway novel. -- Yngwie Malmsteen
I think that if you have a strong narrative, if the idea of the song can be boiled down to the basics, it won't change that much. -- Suzanne Vega
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 Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
We need for America to get back to basics and focus on the middle class's quality of life. Healthcare reform is vital to restoring that standard of living. -- Sander Levin
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
As an Old Navy style attendant, I'm all about upgrading your bare basics and presenting them to your customer as basics you need to have in your wardrobe. -- Brad Goreski
I'm an out and out basic man and AC/DC are one of the best rock'n'roll bands in the world, doing things just to the basics, you know. -- Brian Johnson
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
To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write.I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I write. Now smile and be thankful. -- Richelle E. Goodrich
Alternative therapists don't kill many people, but they do make a great teaching tool for the basics of evidence-based medicine, because their efforts to distort science are so extreme. -- Ben Goldacre
Alternative therapists don't kill many people, but they do make a great teaching tool for the basics of evidence-based medicine, because their efforts to distort science are so extreme. -- Ben Goldacre
Fashion is meant to be wild and expressive. I love colour but I also love basics - grungy minimalism mixed with this kind of broken-down cheerleader, is my thing. -- Charli XCX
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
Rock & Roll is feeling, and after you know most of the basics ... chords, rhythm, scales and bends ... getting that feeling is just about the most important aspect of playing guitar -- Eddie Van Halen

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