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.
PAUL SIMONPeople ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I’m learning as I go.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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If you’ll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.
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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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When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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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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By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.
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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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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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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All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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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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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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Music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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