#simplicity

Everything seems simpler from a distance. ↗

— Gail Tsukiyama

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I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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I long for the simplicity of theatre. I want lessons learned, comeuppances delivered, people sorted out, all before your bladder gets distractingly full. That's what I want. What I know is what we all know, whether we'll admit it or not: every attempt to impose the roundness of a well-made play on reality produces a disaster. Life just isn't so, nor will it be made so. ↗

— John M. Ford

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In normal life, "simplicity" is synonymous with "easy to do," but when a chef uses the word, it means "takes a lifetime to learn. ↗

— Bill Buford

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No matter where you are, keep your life simple - that is all I am saying. Remember, a rich man is not the one who has the most, but one who desires the least. ↗

— Samina Ali

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My task is to simplify and then go deeper, making a commitment to what remains. That's what I've been after. To care and polish what remains till it glows and comes alive from loving care. ↗

— Sue Bender

#love

The game of love is complicated, but love is not complicated. ↗

— Marty Rubin

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A child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five. ↗

— Groucho Marx

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Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better. ↗

— Edsger Wybe DIJKSTRA

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