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• If protesting against having a nuclear bomb implanted in my brain is anti-Hindu and anti-national, then I secede. I hereby declare myself an independent, mobile republic. I am a citizen of the earth. I own no territory. I have no flag. My policies are simple. I'm willing to sign any nuclear non-proliferation treaty or nuclear test ban treaty that's going. Immigrants are welcome. You can help me design our flag.

  Arundhati Roy

  Independent, Proliferation Treaty, Design

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• I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

  Pete Sampras

  Tennis, Simple Life, Extravagance

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• The same person is coming through in a different medium.... My art is simple, direct and definite.

  Grace Slick

  Art, Different, Mediums

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• Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this does not make its application easy.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Doe, Finals

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.146, Princeton University Press

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• Within a few years a simple and inexpensive device, readily carried about, will enable one to receive on land or sea the principal news, to hear a speech, a lecture, a song or play of a musical instrument, conveyed from any other region of the globe.

  Nikola Tesla

  Song, Land, Play

  Nikola Tesla (2013). “The Wireless Tesla”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Quality management is needed because nothing is simple anymore, if indeed it ever was.

  Phil Crosby

  Quality, Management, Needed

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• I grew up in a very simple home, a very simple background, and to be able to do what I'm able to do today, I'm very honored. I don't think I'll ever lose that perspective, and I don't want to.

  Jimmie Johnson

  Home, Thinking, Perspective

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• While the creative works from the 16th century can still be accessed and used by others, the data in some software programs from the 1990s is already inaccessible. Once a company that produces a certain product goes out of business, it has no simple way to uncover how its product encoded data. The code is thus lost, and the software is inaccessible. Knowledge has been destroyed.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Data, Creative, Way

  "May the Source Be With You" by Lawrence Lessig, www.wired.com. December 1, 2001.

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• My approach has been that a player with determination and a willingness to work harder than anyone else can accomplish anything. It's a simple formula. I've found it works.

  Steve Nash

  Determination, Hard Work, Player

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• I keep things real simple because I know where I came from and I don't ever want to go back to that way of living.

  Edgerrin James

  Real, Want, Way

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• I'm a simple guy. There's nothing fancy about my life.

  Carlos Delgado

  Guy, Fancy, Simple Guy

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• We think of Craigslist as a form of Social Media.We provide a simple service that is mostly free and we leave money in the community, instead of taking it away. Shared values, nothing fancy, treating people like we want to be treated. What works on the net works for people in general. The net has very little to do with technology, what matters is how people use the technology.

  Craig Newmark

  Technology, Thinking, What Matters

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• To think the welfare and the goodness of the next generations is indeed a good ethics, but there is much greater ethics than this: To think the welfare and the goodness of the current generations, the very people of now! The reason is simple: Future may not exist, it is only a possibility, but the people of now are not possibility, they are here!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Thinking, People, Generations

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• Anytime I mess up, even if it's a simple turnover, that affects me.

  Seimone Augustus

  Turnover, Mess, Ifs

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• My biggest thing is to stay with my approach and take quality ABs to the plate. I'm just trying to keep it simple.

  Jacoby Ellsbury

  Trying, Quality, Plates

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• The simple approach is that if I stay aggressive, I'll hit less often with two strikes in the count. I've been aggressive, but I've missed pitches. If I can put them in play earlier in the count, I eliminate the two-strike approach.

  Curtis Granderson

  Play, Two, Strikes

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• Our team goal is pretty simple ... basically prepare ourselves to play for nine innings every day, every series, and against every opponent. For me individually, it's more of just trying to play my role the best I can every day.

  Curtis Granderson

  Team, Play, Goal

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• I want to keep things simple and keep my energy focused on moving forward.

  Matt Holliday

  Moving, Energy, Want

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• Among those who study painting, some strive for an elaborate effect and others prefer the simple. Neither complexity in itself nor simplicity is enough.

  Chai Lu

  Simplicity, Study, Painting

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• We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.

  Mardy Grothe

  Character, Flaws, Defects

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• Prohibition cannot be enforced for the simple reason that the majority of American people do not want it enforced and are resisting its enforcement.

  Fiorello H. La Guardia

  People, Want, Majority

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• You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, 'let's be simple minded. We know this is a feature that's good for customers. Let's do it.

  Jeff Bezos

  Use, Judgment, Cases

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• ...thousands of women could be saved each year if they had access to skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth, and access to emergency obstetric care. Most of the interventions they need are simple, affordable, and highly effective.

  Lee Jong-wook

  Pregnancy, Years, Needs

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• The supreme good is like water, which nourishes all things without trying to. It is content with the low places that people disdain. Thus it is like the Tao. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

  Laozi

  Thinking, Dwelling, People

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• My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and the I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after.

  Donald Trump

  Style, Pushing, Aim

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