"The circle is the fundamental geometry of open human communication."
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"The real case against socialism is not its economic inefficiency, though on all sides there is evidence of that. Much more fundamental is its basic immorality."
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"They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics."
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"The most fundamental form of human stupidity is forgetting what we were trying to do in the first place."
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"In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought."
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"Be a good human being, a warmhearted, affectionate person. That is my fundamental belief."
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"I read in a periodical the other day that the fundamental thing is how we think of God. By God Himself, it is not! How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important."
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"I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights."
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"They [ Respublicans] wanna argue the sensational which is about abort not certain cases of abortion, but the fact is it's a fundamental disrespect for women - women's judgment about the sizing and time of their families."
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"A fundamental responsibility of leadership is make sure that everybody knows the mission, understands it, lives it."
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"Sometimes I feel I have more faith in European ideals than some of my British or French friends. For them, it's a financial burden. For me, Europe is primarily about values, about fundamental rights, freedom, women's rights."
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"We must return to the fundamentals; the fundamentals being that you count. That is where you start from. That you count; you matter for God. That is a fantastic realization, and one that very few of us actually get to accept."
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"If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if you like, or what we're all doing here, or what's going on, then I'd rather read something by a scientist in the life sciences, like Richard Dawkins, for instance."
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"When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things"
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"I was brought up on the proletarian left, and I remain there. The fair go for workers is fundamental, and I don't believe the free market has a mind."
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"There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference."
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"The fundamental principle in the analysis of propositions containing descriptions is this: Every proposition which we can understand must be composed wholly of constituents with which we are acquainted."
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"Look at me. Look at me is one of the fundamental desires of human heart."
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"I've always thought, and it gets tested at times, that I have a great faith in the fundamental goodness of human beings."
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"Respondent would have us announce a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do."
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