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If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?
Van Wyck Brooks

If Bill jumps into something that relies on a lot of cymbals, I'll jump into something that relies on a lot of skin sounds; if he goes into metal tones, I'll go into wood, and so on. I basically play in his holes.
Pat Mastelotto

Play, Goes, Metal

I think basically lables were more interested in a Richard Page record than a Mr. Mister record.
Pat Mastelotto

Interested, Page, Mister

Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
Casey Kasum

Music, Woman, Down

Basically, I'm more confident in my whole game.
Reggie Lewis

Game, Whole, Confident

We just simply want to get back to basics, get - restore essentially the constitutional foundation of the country, and that means the federal government becoming less onerous, less involved in every - basically every item of our lives. And what that means is there does have to be some transition.
Joe Miller

Government, Country, Means

I believe that it is irresponsible, it is basically part of the crisis of leadership in D.C. to not look at Social Security and understand that there has got to be a solution posed. We've got to take a look at it and make sure that we create a solution so our seniors aren't left out in the cold.
Joe Miller

Leadership, Crisis, Understand

You know, I used to think I was a foodie, and then my wife went to culinary school and basically explained to me that I was just a guy that likes to eat.
Ty Burrell

School, Wife, Used

And I watch 'Saturday Night Live' religiously, I have since I was a little boy. I watch it basically like one of my favorite sports teams.
Ty Burrell

Sports, Live, Night

The Animals were a very separate and dissonant group at the time. We came from different backgrounds, different areas - we didn't even come from the same town, basically.
Alan Price

Time, Different, Same

All I have to say is basically if performing, singing, acting ,and dancing is what you want to do, then you just have to do it - no matter where it is.
Ariana Grande

Acting, Matter, Singing

I listen to jazz and gospel... yeah that's basically what I listen to.
Anwar Robinson

Listen, Jazz, Gospel

We're way too much the same person, Larry. I mean, you know, way too much the same person. We have basically the same attitudes, desires, drives. And we see ourselves the same way.
Jim Lampley

Person, Mean, Same

Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.
Brian McBride

Game, Before, Few

I tend to play a lot of blues things at home, because most blues things are basically within a 12-bar pattern.
Marc Bolan

Home, Play, Within

The team's aims are do to the best we can basically.
David Leslie

Best, Team, Aims

So we all got basically what we wanted, and as far as the women are concerned, he figured that 30 good women could handle a crew of 300 anyway. So that's how we ended up with our crew.
Majel Barrett

Good, Women, Wanted

I guess I am basically most comfortable when I'm alone. As a kid, I was very much a loner. I love long distance running and long distance biking. A director once pointed out that those are all very isolated exercises you do for hours at a time.
Kevin Conroy

Love, Time, Alone

You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.
Alan Rudolph

Real, Learn, Film

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.
Roscoe Mitchell

Life, Music, Writing

I pretty much live about 10 minutes from my office. I have two kids, and I have about 8 projects that I'm working on, so I basically just get up and go to work, and go home every night and play with my kids, so I don't really know.
Bob Odenkirk

Work, Home, Live

I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort.
Armie Hammer

Home, School, Down

My role in the Mamas and Papas was basically just to sing.
Cass Elliot

I'm not Bill Evans. I'm not Keith Jarrett. I'm basically a singer who plays along with his voice.
Burton Cummings

Voice, Along, Singer

I basically was a precocious little kid.
Michael Ironside

Kid, Precocious

Yes, basically, like you said, I'll work out a chord pattern and work out the lyrics over that.
Roger McGuinn

Work, Said, Yes

Basically he never went to work and didn't have a job. Of course I thought he did. I thought he was on the phone doing business deals instead of borrowing money from people.
Christie Brinkley

Work, Money, Business

I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.
Hans-Georg Gadamer

Old, Read, Books

I am basically turning football players into sprinters for a while. When we first talked about it, I didn't know how my expertise could be used.
Ato Boldon

Football, Used, While

That's basically what I'm doing when I'm tapping them - getting my toes to the end of my shoes.
Nomar Garciaparra

End, Getting, Shoes

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