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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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We're living in a certain time, and we're aware of it. And that's part of what we're aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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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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The trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It's the only thing I find interesting.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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After all those years of automatic success, you don't get nervous any more. It's really necessary to be nervous and be a little bit frightened. It pumps the adrenalin into you and you really get down there and try.
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The leaves that are green turn to brown. And they wither with the wind. And they crumble in your hand.
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They've got a wall in China, it's a thousand miles long. To keep out the foreigners, they made it strong. And I've got a wall around me, you can't even see.
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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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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.
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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.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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Time it was And what a time it was, it was A time of innocence A time of confidences Long ago it must be I have a photograph Preserve your memories They're all that's left you.
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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.
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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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You sit and you let your fingers go to wherever they are going to go. You wait until you start to hear something, and you start to figure out what it is that you're doing. And then you add another piece next to that piece, and wait to see if some kind of pattern or something interesting starts to grow, and then you cultivate it.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel
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I lived in an attached house. My father used to drive into the wrong driveway all the time. He'd say, Damn it, how do you tell one of these houses from another?
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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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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
Paul Simon Simon & Garfunkel