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Now, if you two will excuse us, we'll get back to the relatively simple buisness of planning a war," he said. -Baron Arald
Those who of old were good practicers of Tao did not use it to make people bright, but rather used it to make them simple.
Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.
I like to listen to a lot of classical music when I'm painting, the most simplistic stuff I can find. I like simple piano.
Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.
The way to write American music is simple. All you have to do is be an American and then write any kind of music you wish.
Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.
Love is one of those things that should be so simple. You don't need to think about it and over analyze it when it's good.
The solution to the problems of marriage and parenting is simple. Spend more time with the people you care about the most.
The basic story remains simple and never-ending. Stocks aren't lottery tickets. There's a company attached to every share.
It is very simple, Messi is the best in the world, and if you give him a little bit of space, he can do whatever he wants.
Keep everything simple, don't try anything crazy and all your strikes must be hard! NOTHING WEAK, no jabs or weak attacks.
The beauty of periodic rebalancing is that it forces you to base your investing decisions on a simple, objective standard.
People think of border security in very different ways, but to me, it's very simple: border security is national security.
The complexity of things - the things within things - just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.
More good has been accomplished by simple people seeking their own honest ends than by all the philanthropists in history.
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.
Its often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census.
Maybe there'll be a simple, innocent explanation. I don't think so, because I think we would have offered that up already.
He (God) is not looking for smart people, because He is the smart one. All he wants are people simple enough to trust him.
Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.
The whole world loves a maverick and the whole world wants the maverick to achieve something nobler than simple rebellion.
It's not so simple to just walk into the desert and cleanse your soul like some new age, snap your fingers, it's all done.
I've decided I'm going to live this life for some time to come. The freedom and simple beauty is just too good to pass up.
Did you ever stop to think why cops are always famous for being dumb? Simple. Because they don't have to be anything else.
I don't like directing a lot of people. So trying to keep things really simple and elegant is my preferred way of working.
To dig our heels in and say no to a present madness is a good thing, but to walk a new path and say yes is a better thing.
At first glance, that might seem a little silly: why put so much stress on a simple thing? But that's precisely the point.
To execute a man we don't need proof of his guilt. We only need proof that it's necessary to execute him. It's that simple.
The complexity of human relationships is never simple to follow; it is like intricate lacework, but lacework made of steel.
I am a very simple person. In spite of all that has happened to me, I have tried to remain the simple person I started out.
Women are the simple, and poets the superior, artisans of language... the intervention of grammarians is almost always bad.
What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period.
...boredom is all about perception. It's a self-diagnosis, plain and simple. If you don't realize you're bored, you're not.
The solutions all are simple - after you have arrived at them. But they're simple only when you know already what they are.
There isn't a single one of us who hasn't harvested either the positive or negative effects of a simple choice of behavior.
In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.
First, knife skills. Then, knowing how to control heat. Most important is choosing the right product .. the rest is simple.
Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
The play is a very simple idea really; someone needs some support and consolation, and she finds a place where she gets it.
So long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing, I will make mine whiskey.
When your life has had few events to occupy it, it's amazing how a simple encounter can seem like an entire three-act play.
Monet, Manet, Sisley, Renoir, Van Gogh and others went outside to paint for one simple reason - it looks different outside.
One of the great breakthroughs of evolution theory is that you start with simple things and they will grow into complexity.
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
Over time, I have come to this simple definition of leadership: Leadership is getting results in a way that inspires trust.
My method is simple: not to bother about poetry. It must come of its own accord. Merely whispering its name drives it away.