Straightforward Quotes

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All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for the effects on… — Derrick Jensen
Think of aerobics plus weight lifting minus the music or camaraderie. Combine unalloyed endurance with straightforward strength and demand poise, timing, and practiced form as… — Barry S. Strauss
If a country is governed with tolerance, the people are comfortable and honest. If a country is governed with repression, the people are depressed and… — Laozi
It's hard to see a river all at once, especially in the mountains. Down on the plains, rivers run in their course as straightforward as… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
In such situations, of course, people don't nurse their anger silently, they moan aloud; but these are not frank, straightforward moans, there is a kind… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort. — Daniel Kahneman
Facing yourself is a question of honesty rather than condemning yourself. Good or bad the idea is simply to face the facts. Just see the… — Chogyam Trungpa
Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's… — Marcus Aurelius
There is nothing mysterious about the principles of the gospel. We have studied them in the scriptures, we have discussed them in Sunday School, and… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
My philosophy is that I am a friend of the children. I don't think anyone should see them as pitiable subjects or charity. That is… — Kailash Satyarthi
Like a cross between Paul Auster'sÂ The Book of IllusionsÂ and Janice Lee'sÂ Damnation,Â The Absolution of Roberto Acestes LaingÂ is at once smart and slyly unsettling. It is expert… — Brian Evenson
The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted… — Bobby Seale
True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything. — Shunryu Suzuki
The question of the origin of life is essentially speculative. We have to construct, by straightforward thinking on the basis of very few factual observations,… — John Desmond Bernal
Living in New York, you get a lot of confidence; when I go back to Michigan, I realise how obnoxious and demanding and straightforward I… — Angel Haze
The concept of luck is very straightforward.Â Some people notice opportunities and others don't. — Richard Wiseman
Karl Popper once advised a student that if he wanted to reap intellectual fame, he should write endless pages of obscure, high-flown prose that would… — Anthony de Jasay
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws. In this case,… — Matthew Yglesias
I am a straightforward man. — Lajos Kossuth
I find it extraordinary that a straightforward if inelegant device for ensuring the survival of the species should involve human beings in such emotional turmoil.… — P.D. James

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