She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
PAUL SIMONOne man’s ceiling is another man’s floor.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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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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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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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
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I met my old lover on the street last night, she seemed glad to see me.
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I don’t think [Dylan and the Beatles] influenced me a lot. I think it was inevitable; they were so powerful that you couldn’t really escape the influence.
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We work our jobs, collect our pay, believe were gliding down the highway, when in fact we’re slip sliding away.
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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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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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Life I love you, all is groovy.
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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 feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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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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