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 SIMONWas a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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I like them all. They’re all pictures of me when I wrote them. I have no favorite songs.
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
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She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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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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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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These are the days of miracle and wonder.
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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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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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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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.
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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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Who am I to blow against the wind?
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