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The body maintains balance in only a handful of ways. At the end of the day, disease occurs when these basic systems are out of whack.
Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes.
The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.
We have this one body we've been given, so whether you run, kayak, swim, bike, on some basic level, we need to take care of our bodies.
Korra and Aang ultimately stand for freedom, equality, and basic human rights, and I think Mike and I are fine with pushing that agenda.
Basic income would give people the most important freedom: the freedom of deciding for themselves what they want to do with their lives.
At a very basic level, people need to know that there is constancy in their jobs and, more broadly, in where the organization is headed.
Instead of a universal basic income, we could have a basic income guarantee. Or, as economists prefer to call it, a negative income tax.
Real art is basic emotion. If a scene is handled with simplicity - and I don't mean simple - it'll be good, and the public will know it.
I was 12 years old and in summer camp. I started a company called Aardvark Industries, which provided basic services to camp counselors.
The Dalai Lama has taught me that the best way to live life is to try and avoid desire. Desire is really the basic source of unhappiness.
UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists.
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.
I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts.
Celebrity - I don't even know what that means. Obviously it's the same basic word as celebration, but I don't know what's being celebrated.
For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question: What is human existence?
Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
Years of government inaction on air pollution has got people thinking that the state cannot even protect basic public goods like clean air.
A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives.
Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.
You can't be in business with international development and not understand basic issues of colonialism, postcolonialism and white privilege.
A basic problem for people in politics is that approximately none have the hard skills necessary to distinguish great people from charlatans.
Diversity in the world is a basic characteristic of human society, and also the key condition for a lively and dynamic world as we see today.
We live in this miraculous technological environment, and yet our human behaviour is still governed by basic impulses from prehistoric times.
Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.
I've stayed basic through all the years. Beans, rice, fish, chicken. Water. Clean water. A must. Green vegetables, fruit, grains, whole wheat.
Our basic problem is how do we stop the hot war on the ground in Ukraine, and not get into a more and more escalatory relationship with Putin.
All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.
There's a basic rule of thumb that the more a culture oppresses women, or oppresses anyone, the more culturally preoccupied they are with that.
My money was stolen from me. I was eventually stripped of the ability to make even the most basic decisions... my daily life became unbearable.
U.A.E.'s continuously growing initiatives in the field of charitable and humanitarian works became a basic component of our foreign activities.
The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.
If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised.
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
The role of government is to tax the people to the least extent possible while still taxing them enough to cover the basic needs for government.
After you've written a story, the thing to do is sell it. Sounds simple, and it is, if one will follow certain basic principles of salesmanship.
I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'
Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all.
I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.
My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946.
I think the basic thing that happened is we have lost our story. Humans think in stories, and we try to make sense of the world by telling stories.
It's funny, but I never knew I was hot or could be beautiful until I saw 'Basic Instinct,' and I was so shocked when I saw how pretty they made me.
There is a basic idea to this fighting spirit: that there are standards worth devoting yourself to that are more important than your self-interest.
I was first introduced to Kafka's writing during my compulsory army-service basic training. During that period, Kafka's fiction felt hyperrealistic.
The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
In a very basic way, a prominent landmark such as Mt. Holyoke tells you where you are. They let you know that you're not the first person in a place.
The urge to convert experience into a group of words that are in a grammatical relation to one another is the most basic, ongoing impulse of my life.