I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we’ll make peace with each other . . . No rush.
PAUL SIMONThe thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
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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 trick is, as I know it, is to care like hell and not give a damn at the same time.
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Take me. I’m an ordinary player in the key of C. And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity. Who’s gonna love you when you’re looks are gone? God will. Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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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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The dialogue between what’s going on in the world and what’s going on internally seems to be a natural thing – well, it’s natural to me, anyway, to have these thoughts.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes a song.
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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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I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.
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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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Lord, I am a surgeon and music is my knife. It cuts away my sorrow and purifies my life.
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