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My premise is that there's something hardwired into our DNA, that we as a species came and evolved from caves and clans and tribes, and therefore, we as a species care more about the things that are local to us than we care about the things that are 'over there' from us. Chris Milk

Care Local Our Tribes Evolved About Something More Over Came Caves Than Us Premise Therefore Species Things Hardwired

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents. David Brin

Parents Mistakes Learn Sci-Fi Children Premise Fundamental

Much of my work over the years has developed the premise that women's styles of friendship and conversation aren't inherently better than men's, simply different. Deborah Tannen

Work Friendship Conversation Women Better Men Developed Simply Over Styles Years Than Different Much Inherently Premise

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. Don Nickles

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I'm always interested in the ways in which a character can inhabit either a theme or a premise personally, so that those scenes that are about his character or his relationship with other characters feel in context and don't seem to be apart from or oddly vestigial to the actual drama. Edward Zwick

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The premise of 'The Originals' are places that have been open 50, 60, 75, 100 years or longer that are still doing it right that maybe a lot of people, particularly the younger generations, have not even thought about. Emeril Lagasse

I found 'The Face Of Another' by Kobo Abe disappointing despite the excellent, gothic premise: a man who's terrible facial scarring leads him to create a perfect mask. Emma Healey

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The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. Erich Fromm

Art Science Creation Puzzled Capacity Premise

In the best farce today we start with some absurd premise as to character or situation, but if the premises be once granted we move logically enough to the ending. George Pierce Baker

Today Best Character Ending Situation Enough Once Logically Some Absurd Move Farce Granted Premise Premises Start

The pharma pricing system was not built on the idea of consumer engagement. It was built... on market efficiencies. It was not built on the premise of consumerism. Heather Bresch

Market System Consumer Pricing Consumerism Idea Built Efficiencies Engagement Premise

I'm not a fast writer, and I find the process of writing a first draft to be painful and frustrating. Usually, I start with a character, a premise, and some image that gives me a particular feeling. Holly Black

Character Me Writing First Feeling Find Some Gives Writer Particular Process Frustrating Painful Premise Fast Image Start Draft

If you look back throughout history from the ancient Egyptians onwards, most cultures started making clothing from a very basic premise: a single piece of cloth. Issey Miyake

History You Single Back Ancient Throughout Look Most Piece Making Cultures Very Egyptians Cloth Clothing Premise Basic Started

I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Qaeda has deliberately decentralized its operations - not because of the relentless attacks we have had on its national leadership in Pakistan, but because its strategic objective is to dominate and control Muslim countries in the region. Jack Keane

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The premise of insurance is to spread the risk. It's the premise of homeowner's insurance, of car insurance, and of health insurance. It's one reason why it's important to have insurance when you're healthy, so that when you get sick, you won't go sign up just when you get sick, because that increases the cost for everyone. Jeanne Shaheen

If we start - premise that the information is mine, and we give the individual's rights, we worry about what happens during a breach. If you try to protect access to it, as opposed to not even making it available, you have less to worry about who will break the wall. Joe Barton

You Rights Try Will Worry Mine About Give Individual Protect Access Making Opposed Wall Breach Break Happens Information Available Less Premise Who Even Start

I don't think it's an incredibly radical premise to try and have sympathy for someone who has made a mistake. Joe Cornish

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The administration must act promptly to ensure that the central premise of the Affordable Care Act is executable and, rather than dismissing criticism, should examine it in good faith and work to serve the needs of the people. President Obama must approach this problem like a CEO confronting a very bad product launch. John Delaney

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I am still bowled over by this great young adult novel by David Levithan called 'Every Day,' which is about a character with no gender or body who wakes up every day in the body of a different person. It's a really impressive execution of a really great premise. John Green

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By the time I got to 'Silence of the Lambs,' I was madly in love with close-ups because I'm madly in love with actors, and a basic premise of 'Silence of the Lambs' is the story about two people fighting their way into each other's heads. Jonathan Demme

I am a follower of the Spain team. I think I did things correct, with the greatest honesty, always under the premise that I would say yes to Real Madrid. Julen Lopetegui

Honesty Follower Think Say Correct Would Madrid Greatest Always Am Real Yes Real Madrid Did Spain Team Premise Things

Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good. Justin Cartwright

Good Capitalism Market Only Advertising Force Itself Justify Product Premise

Sometimes I'll get a premise, you know, for a book. In fact, I get those quite often. And I don't commit to it until I really know the voice of that character. It's almost as if the character is speaking to me. Kimberly Willis Holt

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