#base

When I did it, I was a starving musician in London in a basement flat, but a simple tune with the right singer or the right situation can become very well liked and accepted. I'm only too pleased to say it happened with that one. ↗

— Mick Ralphs

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Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#ever #going #higher #ideals #live

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes. ↗

— Dan Rather

#back #ball games #baseball #bit #chair

If you rush in and out of the clubhouse, you rush in and out of baseball. ↗

— Pee Wee Reese

#clubhouse #out #rush #you

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#based #causing #damaged #destroyed #energy

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people. ↗

— Condoleezza Rice

#afghanistan #al #base #bring #democracy

I went out there to play my game for the fun of it and never based my career around records. ↗

— Jerry Rice

#based #career #fun #game #i

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

#exist #facilities #frontiers #innovation #keep

Only in baseball can a team player be a pure individualist first and a team player second, within the rules and spirit of the game. ↗

— Branch Rickey

#first #game #individualist #only #player

Weapons of mass destruction aren't pulled out of a black hat like a white rabbit at a magic show. They're produced in factories. There's science and technology involved. They're not produced in a hole in the ground or in a basement. ↗

— Scott Ritter

#black #black hat #destruction #factories #ground