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• The business of banking ought to be simple. If it is hard it is wrong. The only securities which a banker, using money that he may be asked at short notice to repay, ought to touch, are those which are easily saleable and easily intelligible.

  Walter Bagehot

  Short Notice, Bankers, Banking

  Walter Bagehot (2007). “Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market”, p.246, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The aim of mathematics is to explain as much as possible in simple terms.

  Michael Atiyah

  Mathematics, Term, Aim

  Michael Atiyah (1988). “Collected Works: Michael Atiyah Collected Works: Volume 1: Early Papers; General Papers”, p.286, Oxford University Press

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• It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler. For men are so simple, and yield so much to immediate necessity, that the deceiver will never lack dupes.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Hypocrite, Men, Yield

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• I think it's really hard to say now what makes a show kind of sink or swim, and what creates longevity. For instance, I think that Survivor is a very well produced show. It's very simple, it's very elemental, and I think it gets into big issues. I think American Idol has been an amazing show for many, many seasons.

  Dan Cutforth

  Thinking, Idols, Issues

  "Reality Check: Dan Cutforth On What Keeps ‘Top Chef’ Sharp, Cutting Through The Clutter & What’s Next". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. June 16, 2014.

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• Financially, it was very successful. Which is the most important thing. That is the only way you get to make another movie. It's very simple. The market will value you.

  Nicolas Winding Refn

  Successful, Important, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• For any American who had the great and priceless privilege of being raised in a small town there always remains with him nostalgic memories... And the older he grows the more he senses what he owed to the simple honesty and neighborliness, the integrity that he saw all around him in those days.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Honesty, Memories, Integrity

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• Fans like their heroes simple. I'm supposed to stick out my tongue twenty-four hours a day and do nothing else.

  Gene Simmons

  Hero, Twenties, Fans

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• All writers know that on some golden mornings they are touched by the wand; they are on intimate terms with poetry and cosmic truth. I have experienced these moments myself. Their lesson is simple: It's a total illusion. And the danger in the illusion is that you will wait for those moments.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Morning, Waiting, Lessons

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• The Baby Boomers: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: "Gimme that! It's mine!"

  George Carlin

  Baby, Philosophy, Self

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• 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.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Practice, Mindfulness, Days Off

  Mariel Hemingway, Bobby Williams (2013). “Running with Nature: Stepping Into the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.37, BookBaby

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• If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!

  Lucas Cruikshank

  Fun, Giving Up, Writing

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• I really like world music. I used to think it was simple but it's far from that.

  Jake Holmes

  Thinking, World, Used

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• The way that I write songs is pretty simple. I hear music first, much like you would when you're scoring a film. I usually hear a soundtrack in my head, and after I get that soundtrack, it tells me what it's about, what it feels like, what the emotion is, and the words come after.

  Lauren Hart

  Song, Writing, Way

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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

  Matt Holliday

  Moving, Energy, Want

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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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• Lack of self-confidence is, more often than not, simple laziness. We feel confused and uncertain because we do not know. But instead of making the effort to investigate, we procrastinate and worry. We tell ourselves we can't instead of learning how we can. If we used the mental energy we expend in worry and fear to get out and find out about what we do not know, we would see our self-confidence grow. Lack of self-confidence is not overcome by faith, but by action. It is a lack, not of certainty, but of effort. Too often we are certain that we can't before we give ourselves a fair chance.

  Laurence Boldt

  Confused, Self Confidence, Giving

  Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.941, Penguin

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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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• 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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