You made a point about proof. In this sort of history we do nt have proof... Yet... the incontrovertibility of the evidence can be plain even when it is not documentary or complete.
Any sort of plain speaking is better than the nauseous sham good fellowship our democratic public men get up for shop use.
We intersect. He says he thanks every star that we existed on the same celestial plain. But here we are on earth, dirty, well used, a man-made throughway for intersecting dreams.
It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.
Country music especially can get very formulaic - you know, you have to have your verses and a bridge and a chorus, and a lot of the songs are written as just plain and simple poetry on the road.
It matters not how simple the food - a chop, steak or a plain boiled or roast joint, but let it be of good quality and properly cooked, and everyone who partakes of it will enjoy it.
There is the plain fool who does the wrong thing at all times anywhere, but there is the Wall Street fool who thinks he must trade all the time.
See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey from the East / Half done, between the rock and plain.
Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither.
If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.
We are currently facing countless hurdles and obstacles, BUT will never lose the sight of infinite hope.
Be these people either Conservatives or Socialists, Yellows or Reds, the most important thing is - and that is the point I want to stress - that all of them are right in the plain and moral sense of the word.
A lump rises in our throat at the sight of beauty from an implicit knowledge that the happiness it hints at is the exception.
Tear down the mosque, the temple, everything in sight. But don't break a human heart. For that is where God resides.
Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior.
Rumour is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures And of so easy and so plain a stop That the blunt monster with uncounted heads, The still-discordant wavering multitude, Can play upon it.
We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.
One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight;
Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.
Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goals clearly in sight.
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.
You're still going to win with preparation and dedication and plain old desire. If you don't have genuine desire, you won't be dedicated enough to prepare properly.
It gets you nowhere if the other person's tail is only just in sight for the second half of the conversation.
When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night, A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.
Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.
Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others.
I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was.
A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious.
The world loves to be amused by hollow professions, to be deceived by flattering appearances, to live in a state of hallucination; and can forgive everything but the plain, downright, simple, honest truth.
The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it would be written in a letter or told to an acquaintance.
There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
We often come across certain directors who mention some of their own flops as their favourites. They will blame the viewers for not realising its merits. I think that is plain hypocrisy.
But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.
You can only have a short sight because things change a lot. You can't plan what the years will bring.
Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism.
The last thing that people want to hear is the plain simple fact that the rich think differently [about money] than the poor ... They have what I call a wealthy mindset.
The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there.
Too often, black athletes are presented as angry, overly aggressive and overly sexual. Or sometimes, they're just plain emasculated.
The road may bend out of sight at times, but I know what lies ahead: the faraway horses.
There’s no sight on earth more appealing than that of a woman making dinner for someone she loves.
For myself, I declare I don't know anything about it. But the sight of the stars always makes me dream.
But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.
As a chef my sense of taste and smell are extremely important. But of all the senses, sight is the one I'd fear losing most.
As a child I watched Mary Poppins so many times I suffered from a condition with my sight. Umdiddleiddleiddleumdiddle Eye.
Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to, I'll order three plain grilled chicken sandwiches and throw out the buns.
You watch enough TV, and very soon the inside of your head has become a vast, arid plain, across which you cannot detect the passage of a thought.
In all my life I never met anyone so frivolous as you two, so crazy and unbusinesslike. I tell you in plain Russian your property is going to be sold and you don't seem to understand what I say.
Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.
The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.
Isn't it fascinating how long a few minutes seem when you are completely alone with not a familiar face in sight?
His bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The Western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel.
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
People must not lose sight of the fact that football is a game. I would find it healthy that it remain so.
The world is always ending, and the end is always being averted, by love or foolishness or just plain old dumb luck.
Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.
The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream … Hang in there.
People get to like a soul, but a satisfactory hat makes an impression at first sight.
And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the plain and gods and demons marched to war.
The rush of a herd of bellowing yaks at a wild gallop, waving their huge tails, is a grand sight.
The undisturbed coastal plain is home to a wide variety of plants and animals and is the only wilderness sanctuary in North America that protects a complete range of the arctic ecosystem.
I am so lucky to have the job that I have. I can never lose sight of the fact that people are counting on me to do my best.
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