Paul Simon Quotes
The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
Quotes to Explore
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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In retrospect, I have devoted my scientific life mainly to the question to what extent infectious agents contribute to human cancer, trusting that this will contribute to novel modes of cancer prevention, diagnosis and, hopefully, later on, also to cancer therapy.
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I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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A collection of strong-minded individuals who have learned how to dismiss mistakes, disappointments and problems in their personal life make up a strong team. If the majority of the team have that then, as a unit, you are almost impossible to beat.
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Communication isn't just directing a guy on what to do: it's passing the information along to the guy that's next to you, and that's where we make the calls come to life.
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Just personally, I've been attached to 'On the Road' since 2007 and it was the greatest thing in my life when I got cast in it. I couldn't believe it. When I was 17 and read the book, I looked it up on IMDb and it said that Francis Ford Coppola was going to direct it.
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I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?
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I will see this game of life out to its bitter end.
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Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do.
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You can do so much in ten minutes’ time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.
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Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.
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He said within his soul, ''This is the end: O'er all the earth to where the-heavens bend And hem men's travel, I have breathed my soul: I lie here now the remnant of that whole, The embers of a life, a lonely pain; As far-off rivers to my thirst were vain, So of my mighty years nought comes to me again'.
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Oh man, there's no shortage of craziness happening on the American landscape right now. I'll turn on the TV every day or check out the newspaper, and there is something to find humor in or something to find absolute fear in. Either way, it makes for good comedy.
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I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't - it's to be open-minded.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
