#basically

The United States basically accepted protection abroad as the price of post-war recovery. Now, that these countries have caught up to our level of prosperity, it is time for them to catch up to our level of openness. ↗

— Lawrence Summers

#accepted #basically #catch #caught #countries

Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#although #am #basically #colour #consider

Microsoft has had two goals in the last 10 years. One was to copy the Mac, and the other was to copy Lotus' success in the spreadsheet - basically, the applications business. And over the course of the last 10 years, Microsoft accomplished both of those goals. And now they are completely lost. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#applications #basically #both #business #completely

The doctrine of original sin claims that all men sinned in Adam; but whether they did or whether it is merely a fact that all men sin does not basically affect the problem of suffering. ↗

— Walter Kaufmann

#affect #basically #claims #did #doctrine

I wanted to be Laurence Olivier, basically, to be a great classical actor, and also be able to do modern things. ↗

— Stacy Keach

#actor #also #basically #classical #great

Basically, I'm a romantic. ↗

— Pia Zadora

#i #romantic

Basically, I live to do gigs. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#gigs #i #live

Corporations are like countries now, there's a king, there are serfs, there's a court, basically everything but moats. They're feudal societies, and there are good ones and bad ones. ↗

— Tony Gilroy

#basically #corporations #countries #court #everything

We can't control it, and we've basically quit trying. People are going to talk, and people are going to lie. ↗

— Nick Lachey

#control #going #lie #people #quit

But what's interesting is now - and not only in horror, but across the board - the studios basically only make B pictures with A budgets. That's the biggest difference. ↗

— John Landis

#basically #biggest #biggest difference #board #budgets