#simply

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes to war must die. Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero and I'll show you a corpse. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#degenerate #die #gamble #gambled #gambler

Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions, and exemptions. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#comes #common #common denominator #denominator #designation

Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make. ↗

— Man Ray

#i #make #name #put #simply

A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience. ↗

— Karel Reisz

#big #conformity #desire #element #regard

People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#inspire #lazy #people #simply #them

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#fails #good #his #man #many

The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being. ↗

— Charles Olson

#first #me #poem #realized #simply

My autobiography was simply the story of my life. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#life #my life #simply #story

What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? ↗

— George Orwell

#fair #gives #hearing #his #intelligent

I think it's vital to have something outside your acting to keep you rooted in the real world, and help you fill the vacuum. If you have nothing else, it can be unhealthy. For me being a Christian has been invaluable: it simply means acting isn't the centre of my life. ↗

— David Oyelowo

#been #being #centre #christian #else