Plain Quotes

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...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the… — Maya Angelou
Make it plain that you have no time for war, that you have more important things to do....let the diplomats and marshals of the earth… — Wilhelm Reich
The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs and experience; to what they… — William Hazlitt
When awful darkness and silence reign Over the great Gromboolian plain, Through the long, long wintry nights; — Edward Lear
[It] is no longer a matter of taste or opinion...it is plain experimental evidence. — Jerome Lejeune
We had a sunset of a very fine sort. The vast plain of the sea was marked off in bands of sharply-contrasted colors: great stretches… — Mark Twain
Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant… — Andre Agassi
I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus ( It's all one, says the Sapper) There's only one Corps which is perfect - that's… — Rudyard Kipling
Some things cannot be spoken or discovered until we have been stuck, incapacitated, or blown off course for awhile. Plain sailing is pleasant, but you… — David Whyte
He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe it, because he judged by himself and he could only… — Leo Tolstoy
Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation. — Kin Hubbard
I love the diversity of America. I love the plain, normal sense of humor Americans have. It is not wicked, like in some countries. And… — Antonio Banderas
I don't mind plain women being puritans. It is the only excuse they have for being plain. — Oscar Wilde
Across the San Joaquin valley, across California, across the entire nation, wherever there are injustices against men and women and children who work in the… — Cesar Chavez
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's… — Abraham Lincoln
Your writer, your scientist, your chief official, all have lost the power to revive the early illusion concerning fame and high place. Their beauty and… — Theodore Dreiser
Affirmations are not bound up in rules. An affirmation can be long or short, poetic or plain. If you love a phrase and find that… — Eric Maisel
What people do in their own homes is their business, and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business. It's no different… — Jay-Z
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. — William Wordsworth
I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not,… — Mignon McLaughlin

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