Paul Simon Quotes
There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
Quotes to Explore
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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I've always really been interested in the Pygmalion myth and both what it has to say about creativity and what it has to say about relationships between men and women.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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People are incredible creatures of habit.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.
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Anybody who cannot learn to hear by feeling will not go very far in church.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.
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There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.
