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• I believe demolishing Hussein's military power and liberating Iraq would be a cakewalk. Let me give simple, responsible reasons: (1) It was a cakewalk last time; (2) they've become much weaker; (3) we've become much stronger; and (4) now we're playing for keeps.

  Kenneth Adelman

  Military, Believe, Iraq

  "Cakewalk In Iraq". www.washingtonpost.com. February 13, 2002.

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• It always seemed, and still seems, ridiculously simple to say that if one can acquire a diversified group of common stocks at a price less than the applicable net current assets alone - after deducting all prior claims, and counting as zero the fixed and other assets - the results should be quite satisfactory.

  Benjamin Graham

  Zero, Groups, Common

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• Today's robots are very primitive, capable of understanding only a few simple instructions such as 'go left', 'go right', and 'build car'.

  John Thomas Sladek

  Car, Understanding, Robots

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• Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.

  Pete Seeger

  Genius, Idiot, Complicated

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• 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.

  Neymar

  Space, Giving, Messi

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• Obama and his allies are promoting a medical system that is the third leading cause of death in America. It's that stark and it's that simple.

  Jon Rappoport

  America, Allies, Causes

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• Management is simple, innovation is hard.

  James Cook

  Innovation, Management, Hard

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• The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise it through power, violence or weapons.

  Poul Henningsen

  Views, Democracy, Trying

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• The rules in this new 'post-partisan' era are pretty simple: If the Democratic Party wants it, it's 'stimulus.' If the Republican Party opposes it, it's 'politics' - as in headlines like this: 'Obama Urges GOP To Keep Politics To A Minimum On Stimulus.' These are serious times: As the president says, it's the worst economic crisis since the Thirties. So politicians need to put politics behind them and immediately lavish $4.19 billion on his community-organizing pals at the highly inventive 'voter registration' group ACORN for 'neighborhood stabilization activities.

  Mark Steyn

  Party, Community, President

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• My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Writing, Thinking, Long

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• Government subsidies can be critically analyzed according to a simple principle: You are smarter than the government, so when the government pays you to do something you wouldn't do on your own, it is almost always paying you to do something stupid.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Stupid, Government, Subsidies

  P. J. O'Rourke (2007). “All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty”, p.198, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• The key to growth is quite simple: creative men with money. The cause of stagnation is similarly clear: depriving creative individuals of financial power.

  George Gilder

  Men, Keys, Creative

  George F. Gilder (1992). “Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise”, Ics Press

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• If the Liberal Left can create the common perception that success and failure are simple matters of 'fortune' or 'luck,' then it is easy to promote and justify their various income redistribution schemes.

  Neal Boortz

  Perception, Luck, Income

  Neal Boortz (2001). “The Terrible Truth about Liberals”, Taylor Trade Pub

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• Under the influence of collectivist ideologies, many politicians and journalists are ever eager to strike at successful entrepreneurs who earn much more than they do. It is difficult to ascertain their motives; it can be simple envy which consumes many men, or it can be economic ignorance.

  Hans F. Sennholz

  Ignorance, Successful, Men

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• Simple smile, a cheerful hello or a word of encouragement It's amazing what an impact you will have.

  Zig Ziglar

  Encouragement, Impact, Cheerful

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• I let go of all fear and doubt, and life becomes simple and easy for me

  Louise Hay

  Letting Go, Doubt, Easy

  Louise Hay (2011). “21 Days to Master Affirmations”, p.106, Hay House, Inc

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• Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up.

  Suzanne Vega

  Powerful, Kindness, Circumstances

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• Three simple words can describe the nature of the social revolution that is talking place and what Negroes really want. They are the words "all," "now," and "here."

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Talking, Want, Revolution

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• My advice is you've got to make sure you wear the clothes and not [let] the clothes wear you. It's quite simple in a way. Don't wear something you totally feel uncomfortable with, but take some chances. Play around a bit. I felt very uncomfortable in suits when I was younger, so what I just started doing was wearing suits when I was going to dinner. I used to overdress a little bit so I got used to wearing suits. Now wearing a suit is like wearing a track suit for me. So it's all good.

  Roger Federer

  Play, Clothes, Track

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• I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated.

  Joss Whedon

  Work Out, Goal, Television

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• Good Deeds Day is based on a simple idea that every person can do a good deed for the benefit of others and the planet. Even a smile that brightens someone else's day is a good deed. I initiated Good Deeds Day to spread the message that everyone can give of themselves, according to their heart's desire.

  Shari Arison

  Heart, Ideas, Kind Deeds

  "Women in Business Q&A: Shari Arison, Owner the Arison Group" by Laura Dunn, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 26, 2014.

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• The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism.

  Denis Waitley

  Winning, Self, Expectations

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• I hate the present modes of living and getting a living. Farming and shopkeeping and working at a trade or profession are all odious to me. I should relish getting my living in a simple, primitive fashion.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Fashion, Hate, Farming

  Henry David Thoreau (2011). “The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861”, p.342, New York Review of Books

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• But I must never forget how blessed I have been. God has given me gifts and happiness, beyond any of my simple desires. My deepest desire now is to simply live... So with hope and determination, I'd hold on and go on.

  Farrah Fawcett

  Determination, Blessed, Desire

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• I believe in active citizenship, for men and women equally, as a simple matter of right and justice. I believe we will have better government in all of our countries when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their different areas of experience and their common concern for the welfare of their families and their world.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Country, Believe, Men

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1995). “What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt”, Carlson Pub

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