Paul Simon Quotes
I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
Quotes to Explore
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
Abigail Adams -
I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
Ziggy Marley -
Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
Rabindranath Tagore -
Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
Kara DioGuardi -
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
Dag Hammarskjold -
Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
Carine Roitfeld
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
Flea Jane's Addiction -
You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.
Camille Claudel -
You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
Adam McKay -
Papa died when he was 77.
Manolo Blahnik -
There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
H. R. Giger -
I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
Karin Slaughter
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I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.
Daniel Cormier -
I invested all my money in debt.
Hamish Linklater -
I don't want to hear about my death.
Oriana Fallaci -
The living nightmare for a red state NASCAR driver would be a gay French driver.
Adam McKay -
I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
Felicity Jones -
I love to eat. If I could eat everything in the world and still be healthy or wouldn't catch a heart attack or stroke, I'd eat everything. I just can't. So I got to watch my health and take care of my family.
Fat Joe
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The fact that the apes exist and that we can study them is extremely important and makes us reflect on ourselves and our human nature. In that sense alone, you need to protect the apes.
Frans de Waal -
I found out later on that was not true, that life drawing tells you a great deal about rhythm, about the structure of a human being or any animate object, and this could be directly translated into thinking about proportion and accent, rhythm in a pot form.
Warren MacKenzie -
If you can come to the Olympic Games and leave with a medal then that is alright.
Yohan Blake -
In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
Abbas Kiarostami -
One of the disadvantages of poetry over popular music is that if you write a pop song, it naturally gets into people's heads as they listen in the car. You don't have to memorize a Paul Simon song; it's just in your head, and you can sing along. With a poem, you have to will yourself to memorize it.
Billy Collins -
I have my books And my poetry to protect me; I am shielded in my armor, Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock, I am an island.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel