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“White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and of the lamb, Prayer! Prayer will give you the key of heaven! Bold and pure as innocence, strong, like all that is single and simple, this glorious, invincible Queen rests, nevertheless, on the material world; she takes possession of it; like the sun, she clasps it in a circle of light.”

“The key dietary messages are stunningly simple: Eat less, move more, eat more fruits and vegetables, and don't eat too much junk food. It's no more complicated than that.”

Moving Simple Too Much Food Keys Messages Cooking Fruit Complicated Culinary Vegetables Junk Junk Food Fruits And Vegetables

Author:Marion Nestle

“The scent organ was playing a delightfully refreshing Herbal Capriccio - rippling arpeggios of thyme and lavender, of rosemary, basil, myrtle, tarragon; a series of daring modulations through the spice keys into ambergris; and a slow return through sandalwood, camphor, cedar and newmown hay (with occasional subtle touches of discord - a whiff of kidney pudding, the faintest suspicion of pig's dung) back to the simple aromatics with which the piece began. The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up.”

Source: The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world

“Whenever I’d try to talk myself out of going for a walk, and there were a few days like that, I’d take myself through a series of simple tasks so I would get up and go. 1. Get up. 2. Find your house keys. 3. Put on some shoes. 4. Grab your iPod. 5. Walk out the front door.”

Trying House Simple Walks Doors Fronts Keys Exercise Tasks Series Shoes Get Up Ipods Front Doors

Book:I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down

Source: I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down

“As I go musing through this mournful land Soothed by the pine-tree's solemn harmony, Thy well-loved image comes and walks by me. I seem to hold thee by the gentle hand And talk of things I dimly understand, That thy dear spirit set to mine may be As to an intricate lock the simple key.”

Wells May Hands Seems Spirit Simple Walks Tree Land Mines Keys Harmony Dear Thee Gentle Locks Solemn Intricate Musings Pine Trees

Author:John Barlas

“So many doors forever. There were never enough. Each door had several locks. One lock was combination. Another required keys. Another was a simple side latch. Another was strictly ornamental. Another you could open by whispering the right thing to it at the right time, which is the type of lock most humans have.”

Humans Enough Sides Simple Forever Doors Keys Type Combination Right Thing Locks Right Time Whispering Latches

Author:Blake Butler

“A key and a strangler - this is all a simple tale requires.”

Simple Keys Tales

Author:Steve Aylett

“When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple, you don't really understand the complexity of the problem. Then you get into the problem, and you see that it's really complicated, and you come up with all these convoluted solutions. That's sort of the middle, and that's where most people stop... But the really great person will keep on going and find the key, the underlying principle of the problem - and come up with an elegant, really beautiful solution that works.”

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Author:Steve Jobs

“The most magical key for success is this simple sentence: I can do it! Repeat this in your mind! I can do it! I can do it! I can do it!”

Mind I Can Success Can Do Simple Keys Sentences Repeats I Can Do It

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work.”

Today Simple Plans Keys Tomorrow Expectations Yesterday Realistic Better Tomorrow Realistic Expectations

Author:Jim Harbaugh

“One of the key things is to encourage people to have a go in the kitchen and not to be embarrassed by it. Try and spend a couple of nights a week cooking something up. It doesn't have to be complicated, it can be something really simple.”

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Author:William Katt

“I remember when I finally figured out how simple one aspect of singing was, and I looked at my voice teacher and I said, is that all it is? And he put his head on the piano keys, and he said, why do I do this to myself?”

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Author:Dolora Zajick