Paul Simon Quotes
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A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.
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I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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In the clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade. And he carries a reminder of every glove that laid him down... or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame "I am leaving! I am leaving" but the fighter still remains.
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Big box just wasn't our strength. We are a men's and boy's specialty store focused on providing high quality clothing with custom tailoring. Our customer is king. When we had seven stores, communication between the stores and with our customers became more disconnected. We started to lose that great family 'camaraderie' that is essentially the key to our success.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Some people never say the words ‘I love you’, for like a child they’re longing to be told.
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We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry.
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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It's pointless to be critical of your stuff once it's done. I don't spend a lot of time agonising over it. It's of no importance once it's finished.
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I've got nothing to do today but smile.
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People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
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A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity and he says, "Amen" and "Hallelujah!
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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.
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I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion.
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We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
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I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
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You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.
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There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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My life so common it disappears and sometimes even music cannot substitute for tears.
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...what threatens us today in the world of computers and other invasions of privacy is not a national ID card but a number of other things.
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Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.