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How to use the word Simply in a Sentence?

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I think of the trees and how simply they let go, let fall the riches of a season, how without grief (it seems) they can let go and go deep into their roots for renewal and sleep… Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.

May Sarton

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11 days ago

I choose to love and love again, not because I am in love with you, but simply because it takes too much energy for me to hate you.

Christen Kuikoua

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12 days ago

I have free will, but free will doesn't give me license to be foolish and do anything simply because I have the ability to do so.

Christen Kuikoua

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1 month ago

Prosperity or egalitarianism -- you have to choose. I favor freedom -- you never achieve real equality anyway, you simply sacrifice prosperity for an illusion.

Marios Vargas Llosa

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4 months ago

Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal -- that there is no human relation between master and slave.

Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi

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5 months ago

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — ... “Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — ... “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” —

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9 months ago

One of the most effective ways there is of getting people to vote is by simply asking them to.

Oscar Auliq-Ice

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10 months ago

Companies with great leadership are simply more investable.

Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

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11 months ago

At first it was the incomes of corporations, then of rich citizens, then of well-provided widows and opulent workers, and finally the wealth of housemaids and the tips of waitresses. This is all in line with the ability to pay doctrine. The poor, simply because there are more of them, have more ability to pay than the rich.

Frank Chodorov

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11 months ago

If a take-away is needed it is simply that overall diet quality, and the selection of wholesome foods, matters profoundly to every aspect of health — mental and physical alike.

David Katz

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think the president’s done a fantastic job. The amount of accomplishments is simply breathtaking, i don’t see a singular issue galvanizing opposition to him.

Ray Buckley

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1 year ago

Justice Clarence Thomas is a great man, and the Democrats’ latest political attacks are simply repackaged smears in a 31-year campaign of hatred to punish and delegitimize a conservative Black Justice who thinks for himself.

Mike Davis

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1 year ago

In today’s landscape, people are juggling enough hurdles, and having to pay an extra tax to enjoy their favorite bagel with Philly cream cheese should simply not be one of them.

Keenan White

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1 year ago

The sermon has become the climactic element in a lot of denominations ’ services. A sermon is not simply teaching. It sets a precedent for understanding scripture correctly. And there’s also this moment of exhortation, of asking what it says about our own lives, there’s also more value added to a sermon as culture becomes more secular. If churches want to grow, they have to connect their teachings to modern life and modern problems.

Stu Strachan

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1 year ago

I think some traditions value originality more than others. That being said, if you get a ghost writer, I think most pastors would heavily frown on it, however, from a practical money perspective, that’s not something a lot of pastors can do. The average church congregation in the US is around 100 people, and the funds simply are n’t there to pay someone to do that work for you.

Stu Strachan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I have come to the realization in recent weeks that a globally active, systemically important bank cannot simply be wound up according to the ‘too big to fail’ plan, legally, this would be possible. In practice, however, the economic damage would be considerable.

Karin Keller-Sutter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This water can be released by just simply heating these glass beads.

Hejiu Hui

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1 year ago

It’s possible that these events will turn out to have very modest effects on the economy, in which case inflation will continue to be strong, in which case, you know, the path might look different, it’s also possible that this potential tightening will contribute significant tightening in credit conditions over time. And in principle, that means that monetary policy may have less work to do. We simply don’t know.

Jerome Powell

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1 year ago

I see a lot of hotels in my work, lots of hotels think they can simply offer a nice room with a pretty view, but what Fairmont and Raffles are doing here is more than just glitz. Each property is awe-inspiring and curated to each guest individually.

Angela Moore

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s simply a recipe for economic and financial catastrophe to think we can pay some of our bills and not all of them.

Janet Yellen

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1 year ago

One of the most extreme features of this new bill is that it criminalizes people simply for being who they are as well as further infringing on the rights to privacy, and freedoms of expression and association that are already compromised in Uganda.

Oryem Nyeko

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1 year ago

With newer people, you may often receive advice that you know is incorrect and sometimes you can be the educator. But sometimes you simply need to say thank you, hang up and call back in the hopes of finding an experienced agent.

Morris Armstrong

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1 year ago

Families have been sacrificing for far too long on poverty wages. Students have been sacrificing for too long in school environments that are not clean, safe or supportive for all, too many workers have been subjected to harassment simply for demanding change. Enough is Enough!

Max Arias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What we are seeing is a definite unravelling of investor confidence across both the tech and banking sectors, it is highly unlikely these concerns are going to simply vanish any time soon.

Clifford Bennett

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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