Paul Simon Quotes
I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
Quotes to Explore
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When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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The truth is, there's an information blockade in America, and it must be broken. In order to find crucial facts, numbers and outside perspectives, a person must spend an hour searching and cross-searching on the computer.
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I'm 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice, and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can't stay home waiting for something different. I think it's a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.
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Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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The thing is that war is the opposite of negotiation. It's when you cannot negotiate, when you cannot talk, when you cannot reach agreements that then you have war.
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I am definitely romantic, and I love romantic stories - that's why I keep making romantic movies.
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Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge.
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Being on your own sometimes is appealing.
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My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.
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With a focus on records and making money, you tend to miss a good story.
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Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.
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Human experience depends on everything that can influence states of the human brain, ranging from changes in our genome to changes in the global economy.
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I don't want to play everything. So I'll seek out roles that I'll say, 'This is edgy. This is fun. This is wicked. This suits me.'
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I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do.
