Paul Simon Quotes
We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.
Quotes to Explore
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Age for me is just a number.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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I always try to keep one very feminine quality to my style.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I used to be pretty reckless. When I was a runner for a production company, I drove a massive 16 seater van. I was only 18. I mean I look young now, but then I looked about 12.
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Without husbands, women have to focus on earning more. They work longer hours, they're willing to relocate and they're more likely to choose higher-paying fields like technology.
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It's not what other people believe you can do, it's what you believe.
Gail Devers -
My first gig was a Corn Pops commercial. I did the first Vanilla Coke campaign. A Juicy Fruit commercial paid my bills for years.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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Life is precious, and when someone dies it's an opportunity to realise how precious it is. My brother drowned when I was 17. He was 15. I think I grew from that. My father didn't. It really crushed him.
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Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
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In our lust for measurement, we frequently measure that which we can rather than that which we wish to measure... and forget that there is a difference.
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There's a lot you can do without words.
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So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.
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Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away.
