Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
PAUL SIMONAnd you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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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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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won’t do is change the essence of my work.
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Someone could walk into this room and say your life is on fire.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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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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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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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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The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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