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"In the plenitude of their relationship, Florentina Ariza asked himself which of the two was love: the turbulent bed or the peaceful Sunday afternoons, and Sara Noriega calmed him with the simple argument that love was everything they did naked. She said, 'Spiritual love from the waist up and physical love from the waist down."
"Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simple state they were in before they ate the candy. They don't. They just want the fun of eating it all over again."
"Novels and stories are sometimes very complex staging grounds to say, in fact, very simple things. Things impossible to say otherwise because they are repeated in so many exploitative contexts - adverts and TV shows and political speeches."
"The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy."
"Without the high and noble the simple and vulgar is utterly mean; and without the simple and ordinary the noble and heroic is meaningless"
"There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded militarists be made to realize the relationship that exists between politics and military affairs. Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other."
"I don't live that life anymore, it's as simple as that."
"To be honest, the play that was drawn up, I scratched it. I just told coach, 'Give me the ball.' We're either going to go to overtime or I'm going to win it for us. It was that simple."
"The other thing is surrounding yourself with people that care for you. These are simple things, but they're powerful, and they've completely transformed who I am and how I perceive myself."
"You can turn just about any simple act into a practice of mindfulness, and it will nurture and nourish you; it will start your day off in a positive way."
"'How much longer will I live?'... Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth! Still, it is worthy of my attention."
"A simple life is its own reward."
"Some of the most frantic lies on the face of life are told with modesty and restraint; for the simple reason that only modesty and restraint will save them."
"Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles."
"I learned from my two years' experience that it would cost incredibly little trouble to obtain one's necessary food; that a man may use as simple a diet as the animals, and yet retain health and strength."
"'Fox News' will one day come to an end. Led Zeppelin will not. It's as simple as that."
"The age calls for simple statements and restatements of simple truths. The prophets of doom are involved, those who would bring light must be clear."
"Now, here is my definition of success: A few simple Disciplines practiced every day. Do you see the distinction? A few disciplines... Here's a little phrase we've all heard, An apple a day keeps the doctor away. And my question to you is, What if that's true? How simple and easy is that plan?"
"The subtle difference in our attitude can make a major difference in our future. It can be as simple as the language we use."
"The best ideas and the most useful and ground-breaking are often, though not always, in one sense, very simple ideas."
