Simple Quotes - Page 34

• I wanted to do an album that was very simple and very minimal in the context of instrumentation and stuff. I wanted to use as few means as possible to create a very powerful and interesting sound that would breathe.

  Sune Rose Wagner

  Powerful, Mean, Interesting

  "The Raveonettes". Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. February 5, 2008.

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• As the great naturalist Charles Darwin saw clearly, individual and collective interests often coincide, as in the invisible hand narrative. But he also saw that in many other cases, interests at the two levels are squarely in conflict, and that in those cases, individual interests generally trump. That simple observation suggests that market failure is often the result not of insufficient competition (the traditional charge from social critics on the Left), but of the very logic of competition itself.

  Bob Frank

  Two, Invisible Hand, Hands

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The fabric of my life is under my skin; [but] it's definitely not something that comes up in a conscious way when I read material. I have an incredible relationship with my mom, so I'm fascinated by mothers who do not have that. But I've never done anything that resembled my life. People always jump to that conclusion, and I wish life were that simple, but it's not.

  Charlize Theron

  Mom, Mother, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Tracking is a simple exercise. It works because it brings moment-to-moment awareness to the actions you take in the area of your life you want to improve

  Darren Hardy

  Exercise, Want, Action

  Darren Hardy (2011). “The Compound Effect”, p.39, Hachette UK

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• I started meeting the right people, like [producer] Dave [Okumu], who explained to me how songwriting is really simple - "just like shitting," he said. "You gotta let it all out." When he put it like that, however disgusting it is, it made a lot of sense to me.

  Jessie Ware

  People, Dave, Made

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I have ideas of subjects and atmospheres that I love. I either want to go in a tougher, stronger direction or do the opposite: simple ballads.

  Charlotte Gainsbourg

  Opposites, Ideas, Atmosphere

  Interview by Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. January 5, 2012.

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• I am just a simple guy and I like when people enjoy themselves. I always say: you can laugh, you can cry, you can express yourself but please don't hurt each other. I really don't know, to be honest with you. I'm very impressed with everything that has happened.

  Tommy Wiseau

  Hurt, Laughing, People

  "The Room. Worst movie ever made?". Tribute Interview, www.tribute.ca. April 18, 2011.

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• In mathematics and science definition are simple, but bare-bones. Until you get to a problem which you understand it takes hundreds and hundreds of pages and years and years of learning.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Years, Definitions, Pages

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I've been trying to write really simple songs to make them sound like they're coming out of a satellite that's crashing into a gas giant or something.

  Mark Linkous

  Song, Writing, Trying

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Your goal is simple: Finish. Experience your first race, don't race it. Your first race should be slightly longer or slightly faster than your normal run. Run your first race. Later you can race. You will be a hero just for finishing, so don't put pressure on yourself by announcing a time goal. Look at it this way: The slower you run the distance, the easier it will be to show off by improving your time the next race!

  Bob Glover

  Running, Distance, Hero

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• Parents sometimes object to the amount of humor introduced into stories that are designed to teach moral or spiritual lessons. They seem to think that simple grim lecturing of children is the best way to achieve such goals.

  Mike Berenstain

  Spiritual, Children, Thinking

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• My own view is simply that there are some very basic rules; very simple rules that apply to all writing in a way, which is: don't lie; if you're wrong, correct; do not misrepresent; and try and keep oneself intellectually honest - which means, as a writer, the very difficult task in public of admitting you were wrong.

  Andrew Sullivan

  Lying, Mean, Writing

  Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 12, 2010.

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• A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of witness to what is going on in our organisms.

  Antonio Damasio

  Self, Organization, Levels

  "What Is Consciousness?" by David Hirschman, bigthink.com.

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• It was astonishing when at one point, I got the idea of how to make artifical clouds with a collaborator, we had pictures made which were theoretically completely artificial pictures based upon that one very simple idea. And this picture everybody views as being clouds.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Clouds, Views, Ideas

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think of choosing as a... both a fun and an effortful activity and I think of choice as something that in order for you to really get what you want out of it you have to put a lot into it and so I'm only willing to do that for a few different things and for the rest I really just try to either satisfy, come up with a simple rule or let somebody else make the choice.

  Sheena Iyengar

  Fun, Thinking, Order

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• I wanted just for people to know that, no matter how simple your life is, if you have millions or you don't have anything, you can be happy where you are.

  Tyler Perry

  People, Matter, Life Is

  "Tyler Perry, Taking Madea from Stage to Page". "Talk of the Nation" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. April 12, 2006.

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• When you say: The simple truth is this, and then you pause, and then you finish the sentence, people stop, and they think specifically about what you're saying. And it's, in essence, trying to boil it down to something that's very understandable and meaningful.

  Frank Luntz

  Meaningful, Thinking, Essence

  "Frank Luntz: How To 'Win' With Smart Messaging". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www-s4.npr.org. March 8, 2011.

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• It has to be simple, but then you deliver them a principle: The simple truth is, as a matter of principle, we cannot spend more than we take in. Something - that changes the tone of the debate.

  Frank Luntz

  Principles, Matter, Tone

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• "Simple" is a tricky word, it can mean a lot of things. To us, it just means clear. That doesn't always mean total reduction, or minimalism - sometimes, to make things clearer, you have to add a step.

  Jason Fried

  Mean, Add, Steps

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• I prefer simple things - monotone melodies repeating the same things all the time. Because I think life is like that.

  Rokia Traore

  Thinking, Life Is Like, Melody

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• We all act on what we know, what we see, what we are told and how we feel. The simple fact of the matter is that not a single one of us operates under identical influences. That is why the future is always uncertain.

  Mark Hodder

  Matter, Facts, Influence

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• I take a very simple view that a violent extremist at some point previously been an extremist, and by definition is an extremist, so you do need to look at that non-violent extremism.

  Theresa May

  Views, Needs, Looks

  "'The Conservative Party's always stood in every seat, and I think it's important to us.'". Interview with Paul Goodman and Mark Fox, conservativehome.blogs.com. February 16, 2011.

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• I like the concept of the penny plan - not for the military because the military we have to build up. But we can save probably in many case more than a penny if you look at it. I mean, the penny plan is a pretty good plan, and it's a pretty simple plan.

  Donald Trump

  Military, Mean, Looks

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I don't have enough knowledge or wisdom to say anything profound to people all over the world. But maybe a simple "I love you," as corny as it may sound, shows them that I am willing to be compassionate, generous, and peaceful with them.

  Richard Brancatisano

  Love You, People, Profound

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I think it's worth trying to do something about obvious sources of stress in your life. But even more important is learning and practicing methods to neutralize the harmful effects of stress on the body and mind. There are many possibilities, anything from meditation and yoga to listening to relaxing music. My personal favorite is simple breathing techniques - they're very effective, take very little time, and they're free.

  Andrew Weil

  Stress, Yoga, Thinking

  "Dr. Andrew Weil: On Changing the Current Paradigm in Healthcare". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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