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.
PAUL SIMONBelieving I had supernatural powers, I slammed into a brick wall.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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It’s actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.
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The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.
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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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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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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.
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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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Losing love is like a window in your heart.
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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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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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It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.
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Time, time, time, see what’s become of me, While I looked around, For my possibilities; I was so hard to please
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
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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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