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“There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.”
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“The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.”
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“You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.”
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“Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.”
Source : Aaron Copland (1952). “Music and imagination”, Harvard Univ Pr
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“Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.”
Source : "Epigrams on Programming". ACM SIGPLAN Notices 17 (9), pp. 7-13, pu.inf.uni-tuebingen.de. September 1982. 
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“The art of writing is to explain the complications of the human soul with the simplicity that can be universally understood.”
Source : Alan Sillitoe (1988). “The far side of the street: fifteen short stories”
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“At times almost all of us envy the animals. They suffer and die, but do not seem to make a "problem" of it.”
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“In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.”
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“I, personally, am trying to get more and more involved with the gay and lesbian movement, very much so.”
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“Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.”
Source : "The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder". Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.
