I doubt that my sense of personal freedom is any stronger than anybody else's. I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if we can find one. Bu...
As a historian, I found myself all too often treating my historical subjects like fictional characters, malleable entities that could be made to do one thing or another, whose motivations could be speculated upon endlessly, and whose missing actions ...
Drama is based on the Mistake.
I have a theory that there are still parts of our mental worlds that are still based around the age of between five and eight, and we just kind of pretend to be grown-up.
My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship.
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
But, most important, we must not become as base and treacherous as our enemies.
But promises based on ignorance always prove disappointing.
Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
...I suppose clichés wouldn't be clichés if they weren't based on some sort of tediously predictable truth.
DEMONS MUST BE RELIGIOUS Due to exorcism based on each religion's practices
The nation will benefit in the long term if it continues to be open to foreign expertise. This will help the country to establish its business culture and environment faster, based on international best practice.
The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part is the idea - wink, wink.
More than anything, I think the best thing you can do as an artist is just stay as true to yourself as possible and hope that your fan base will appreciate that.
I don't have advice for people on how to dress. People should dress based on what they find beautiful. My best advice: Keep your clothes clean.
The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
For men rise or fall based entirely on what the women in their lives demand of them.
Our representation of the standard criminal might be based on the properties of those less intelligent ones who were caught.
The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple.
The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.
Large-scale philanthropy, based in the private - not the public - sector, is a relatively recent historical development.