Paul Simon Quotes
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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I have a phone obsession. It's really hard on set sometimes because I'll be checking Instagram, and then I have to remember, 'Oh, crap, I have to shoot a scene or rehearse.' Every now and then, I have to turn it off and live my life.
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I'm half living my life between reality and fantasy at all times. It's best not to ask questions and just enjoy.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I'm a big believer in living life as an extended working vacation.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I am a total workaholic. If I don't shoot for two days, I get uncomfortable at home. I won't comment on my personal life. That is totally out of bounds. When I do get married, everyone will know.
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I have this dream of what I ultimately want my life to be like, and it involves a lot of quaint activities like cooking and canoeing and camping and hiking.
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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It's all in how you look at your life, because no one has a wonderful life. But you can make it what you want it to be.
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'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.
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You wonder why I only talk about my personal life. But that's all I've ever done.
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It's hard to conceive of someone who could work for at least a few hours each day for months and years on the same story without it being close enough to their life experience to fuel their commitment.
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The start-up life kept me busy and surfaced the problem of not being able to stay on top of my personal finances, which led me to invent Mint.com. I was working 80-hour weeks, and had done enough preliminary work and research to know I had a big idea: To make money management effortless and automated.
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My personal ambition remains the same - to be creative, to be modern, to stay one step ahead, to enjoy life.
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We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.
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Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers.
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Pop music, disco music, and heavy metal music is about shutting out the tensions of life, putting it away.
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Sometimes there is a tendency to talk about women as though we are a herd...women believe this or women want that. But we very much vote on the issues depending on what's important.
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Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.
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I know a lot of people who are weak, who are in a perpetual cycle of poverty and being locked up. There are guys from my neighborhood who are in jail or who are dead. It does take a certain strength to know your environment and say, 'I can grow beyond it.'
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Film is incredibly democratic and accessible, it's probably the best option if you actually want to change the world, not just re-decorate it.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
