I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
PAUL SIMONTake two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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The phrasing didn’t work as well.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.
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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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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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The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.
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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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We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.
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