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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

Paul Simon

It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Explaining Metaphor
Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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Appearance Break Flower God Ordinary Player Vanity
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Himself Lying Man Regard
If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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Body Friendship Guard Myself
Cecilia was made in a living room on a Sony. It was like a little piece of magical fluff, bur it works. El Condor Pasa a Los Incas record that I love. Bridge is a very strong melodic song.
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Live Magic Movie Pieces Song
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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Act Aware Embarrassment Gift Luck Symbol Talent Time Young
All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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Enjoyment God Love Point Requirement
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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Camera Care Man Myself
Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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End Grave Result
I don’t consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I’m growing.
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Growth Hope Myself Talent
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.
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People Silence Talk Thinking
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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Carry Clear Fight Myself Reminder Shame Stand
There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Crime Leave Moments Time
Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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Herself Kiss Lover Myself Realize
When I first heard Elvis perform “Bridge Over Trouble Water” it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?
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Impossible Music Myself Song
I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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Escape Influence Powerful Thinking

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