Neil Simon Quotes
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If I can save 25 billion dollars in terms of reduction of import, I will be adding one percent to the GDP. By conserving the oil energy by the people, the GDP will become 5.5 percent, and this will change the economy of the country.
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I've always thought Shawn Michaels's story is fascinating.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the emancipation of creative differences; wrongly understood, as it has been so tragically in our time, it leads first to conformity and then to despotism.
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I wrote a techno song about the four things I love in Germany to make myself happy, which are my grandfather, my two poodle pets, bread, and a strange but delicious Turkish dish called Doener Kebab.
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Everybody is nicer to me when I'm in yellow.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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My dancing is Hawaiian-inspired but I also get a little fresh when it comes to my faster songs.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
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I'm married to Kevin, a photographer whose career has put him on the campaign trail with presidential candidates and sent him on assignment to far-flung places for long periods of time. It was sometimes rough when our children were small, and I was beginning to write in earnest.
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To be silent is to be passive.
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One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989.
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Human beings are religious animals.
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And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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I've got an opinion on everything.
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It's weird to me when an artist comes in, and the label says, 'We want him to sound like Chris Brown,' but he says he wants to sound like Sean Paul. There's a huge disconnect – it's like we're making a product.
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I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I'm getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.
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I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out.
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I've often said that all poetry is political. This is because real poems deal with a human response to reality and politics is part of reality, history in the making. Even if a poet writes about sitting in a glass house drinking tea, it reflects politics.
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In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.
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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
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It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.
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You're welcome to take a bath. You look like the second week of the garbage strike.
