#plain

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn't think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#appropriate #because #believed #billy #billy graham

I always look for reality. I look for plain truthful roles. ↗

— Jim Caviezel

#i #i always #look #plain #reality

Do you know that charming part of our country which has been called the garden of France - that spot where, amid verdant plains watered by wide streams, one inhales the purest air of heaven? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#amid #been #called #charming #country

What turns me on is to walk into a sold-out venue. The audiences are so much the same as they were in the '60s. It's just an amazing thing. I can't explain it, but I hope it never stops. ↗

— Chubby Checker

#amazing thing #audiences #explain #hope #i

If you cry 'forward', you must without fail make plain in what direction to go. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#direction #fail #forward #go #make

How do you explain certain physical qualities that somehow sell on screen? You're born with it... Certain people are just more watchable, and I was more watchable, but I don't think I understood acting or drama very well when I was a kid. ↗

— Joan Chen

#born #certain #drama #explain #how

I love being onstage and I love to perform. To be honest with you, I'm more comfortable performing than I am in an everyday situation, which I can't quite explain. ↗

— Melanie Chisholm

#being #comfortable #everyday #explain #honest

Today is the day for the complaining to end and for statesmanship to begin. Today I am taking action to cut state spending and balance the budget this year. ↗

— Chris Christie

#am #balance #begin #budget #complaining

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#afterwards #explain #foretell #going #happen

Elizabeth, Lady C, claims to be writing at the limits of language. Would it not be insulting to her if I were diligently to follow after her, explaining what she means but is not smart enough to say? ↗

— J. M. Coetzee

#claims #diligently #elizabeth #enough #explaining