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All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. Mahatma Gandhi Based 100
The essence of football was blocking, tackling, and execution based on timing, rhythm and deception. Knute Rockne Based 95
Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science. Burton Richter Based 93
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. Woodrow Wilson Based 93
Repetition is based on body rhythms, so we identify with the heartbeat, or with walking, or with breathing. Karlheinz Stockhausen Based 91
Hitchcock loves to be misunderstood, because he has based his whole life around misunderstandings. Francois Truffaut Based 90
By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director. Jodie Foster Based 90
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. Thomas Carlyle Based 89
Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to believe in error. Robert Owen Based 89
We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs. Ann Macbeth Based 88
Last year, the surgery was a tough decision, but I had to make a decision based on my career. It was a decision to get healthy, and start over with a new team at 100 percent. Brian Jordan Based 86
The real evidence is not practically speaking in scholarship but in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practising Christians. Their lives are the proofs of their beliefs. Lionel Blue Based 85
In my judgment, based on the work that has been done to this point of the Iraq Survey Group, and in fact, that I reported to you in October, Iraq was in clear violation of the terms of U.N.Resolution 1441. David Kay Based 84
Olympism is a philosophy which, by blending sport with culture, seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal ethical principles. Juan Antonio Samaranch Based 82
Every character I do is based on someone I know. Tracey Ullman Based 82
My life is really so much based in England. Jamie Oliver Based 82
I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that. Fay Wray Based 81
I discovered the same thing Gram Parsons did, that soul music and country music are practically identical. Based off of the same chord structures, and the songs are of heartache and loss. The main connection is they both came up in church. Justin Townes Earle Based 77
I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact. Stanley Fish Based 76
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little know period and develop a story based on that, I will probably continue to do it. Jean M. Auel Based 75
Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence. Brooks Stevens Based 75
This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not take a stand based on phone-in shows or householder surveys or any other vagaries of pubic opinion. Stephen Harper Based 74
There are people who kind of gravitate towards running politics based on new ideas and issues, and that was what the secret was for Clinton. John Podesta Based 73
My view on issues is based on common sense, and my experience as a mother of four children, as a sole parent, and as a businesswoman running a fish and chip shop. Pauline Hanson Based 72
I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with. John Ratzenberger Based 72
Cycling is based so much on form, on aesthetics, on class - the way you carry yourself on the bike, the sort of technique you have. David Millar Based 70
Certainly the experiences of Seth and his relationship to his parents and his point of view of the world are very similar to my own and very much based on my experiences at the University of Southern California. Josh Schwartz Based 69
Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists. Brian De Palma Based 69
I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force. Mahatma Gandhi Based 69
I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution. James Q. Wilson Based 66
Each one of us had a little story to tell and each recording was based on that. Lou played all of the music but we both sort of kicked around some cords during the writing phase. Phil Harris Based 63
I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences? Anne Perry Based 63
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy. Natan Sharansky Based 63
People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors. John Sweeney Based 62
No matter what policy initiatives we take on, we are going to need a permanent repository for nuclear fuel based on the law and sound science. Craig Stevens Based 62
The visa lottery system poses a national security threat. Under the program, each successful applicant is chosen at random and given the status of permanent resident based on pure luck. Bob Goodlatte Based 60
We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd. Alex Cox Based 60
At least I make decisions based on what I think is right, not who my friends might be. Dick Murphy Based 59
Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after. Alan Watts Based 59
International relationships are preordained to be clumsy gestures based on imperfect knowledge. Rebecca West Based 55
Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind. Arthur Erickson Based 54
I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids. Lisa Marie Presley Based 54
I have a tendency to be lucky and make the right choices based on limited information. Paul D. Boyer Based 54
We decide based on how people look; we decide based on how people sound; we decide based on how people are dressed. We decide based on their passion. Frank Luntz Based 51
The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially moral choices are to be invalidated under the due process clause, the courts will be very busy indeed. Byron White Based 51
All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. James Reston Based 50
There are two types of claims: those based on hard numbers and those based on slippery numbers. Simon Sinek Based 49
What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history. Dinah Sheridan Based 47
It is hard to cement any relations with any country based on promises that may not be deliverable. Jim Leach Based 45
It should be known that Israel is based on treachery. Bashar al-Assad Based 45

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