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There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the… — Walter Lord
In the military I could exercise the power of being automatically respected because of the medals on my chest, not because I had done anything… — Karl Marlantes
To work with children anywhere is just plain fun. — Dale Murphy
Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes, - they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious stone, Stood serene,… — James Russell Lowell
Prayer is a means of sharing the burden, which relieves pressure, as you tell your worries and concerns to someone who will listen and won't… — Lucinda Bassett
Tyndall, ... I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal… — Michael Faraday
When the power, prestige, and financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect coercive pressure upon religious minorities to conform… — Hugo Black
Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain ... — Jan Karon
To ask for power is forcing uphill a stone which after all rolls back again from the summit and seeks in headlong haste the levels… — Lucretius
That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. — Charles Hodge
The genius of the American system is that we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people. — Phil Gramm
A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed. — Vash Young
I think one of the downsides of the sort of obsession with romantic love and personal fulfillment is that the plain fact of the matter… — Mary Archer
There's a plain girl in everybody. — Andrea Corr
Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the furniture it's practically… — Iain Banks
You know, we have a fiscal train wreck before us. And unless we act, and act deliberately, we're not going to enable our kids to… — Eric Cantor
If you neglect those who are currently poor and stable, you may create more poor and unstable people. There has been a tremendous concentration of… — Helen Clark
I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles. — Jim Caviezel
I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of… — Lee Child
Mr. Dingell is just plain Mr. Dingell. And when he gets to be chairman of the Commerce Committee, he doesn't let it go to his… — John Dingell

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