Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
PAUL SIMONHaving 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.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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I don’t know what I’m going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can’t see around the bend and you don’t know where you are going to go, which is fun.
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Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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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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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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Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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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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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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Serious numbers will speak to us always.
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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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I don’t feel any pressure from fans. But I’m always in some kind of state of emotional turmoil. I would not describe myself as happy-go-lucky. That’s not to say that I’m not happy.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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