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.
PAUL SIMONNor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same.
More Paul Simon Quotes
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to 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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Sail on silver girl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I’m sailing right behind.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
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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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Take two bodies and you twirl them into one, their hearts and their bones, and they won’t come undone.
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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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People talking without speaking, People listening without hearing, Sounds of Silence.
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Don’t want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.
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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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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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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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So I’ll continue to continue to pretend my life will never end, and flowers never bend with the rainfall.
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My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.
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Given all the facts that I’m young and I’m in good health and I’m famous – that I have talent, I have money – given all these facts, I want to know why I’m so unhappy.
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