Paul Simon Quotes
It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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The world is too violent right now.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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I've stated that it's possible the only reason I'm in show business is that I have such a strange, particular head of hair. That, and I can grow a red beard.
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That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.
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It was a double jolt for me. The jolt of seeing my father slowly die, the jolt of knowing that I was diabetic and could meet the same fate if I didn't take care of myself.
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Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?
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ICOs are obviously a new and interesting form of funding for blockchain-based protocols, but it's not clear that all of them comply with U.S. securities laws or that all of them are companies that have good native use cases for new coins.
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I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
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I had a weirdly awesome high-school experience.
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That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.
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I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am.
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True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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I cannot conceive of how more than 1% of us could possibly survive a cyberwar.
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Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it's a very limited one. And by and large, it isn't helpful.
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There will be a 'Oops 100.' They'll be plenty more oopses. I'm not perfect. I'm human.
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It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
