Paul Simon Quotes
My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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I don't have to really be in the 60s. Every time I hail a cab in New York, and they pass me by and pick up the white person, then I get a dose of it. Or when they don't want to take you to Harlem. I grew up with that.
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Body experience... is the centre of creation.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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The love of liberty and the sense of human dignity are the basic elements of the Anarchist creed.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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A Tea Party tidal wave is coming.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we kind of miss the characters when the movie is over. But I think what happens is, every now and then you realize there's more to tell, or an idea comes up.
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Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.
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Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.
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Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.
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Many people spend more time in planning the wedding than they do in planning the marriage.
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My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
