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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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A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity and he says, "Amen" and "Hallelujah!
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And the sign said, 'The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls'
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
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There is a moment, a chip in time, when leaving home is the lesser crime.
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The problem is all inside your head, she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover.
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There was always some kind of strain, but it was workable. The bigger you get, the more of a strain it is, because in your everyday life, you're less used to compromising. As you get bigger, you have your own way. But in a partnership you always have to compromise. … When you get into a partnership, you're not the boss. There's no boss. That makes it hard.
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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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I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. If I never loved I never would have cried...I am a rock.
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I write from instinct, from inexplicable sparkle. I don't know why I'm writing what I'm writing. Usually, I sit and I let my hands wander on my guitar. And I sing anything. I play anything. And I wait till I come across a pleasing accident. Then I start to develop it. Once you take a piece of musical information, there are certain implications that it automatically contains — the implication of that phrase elongated, contracted, or inverted or in another time signature. So you start with an impulse and go to what your ear likes.
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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 know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip slidin' away.
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And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
God bless you please, Mrs Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray.
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She said a good day ain't got no rain She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed And I think of things that might have been
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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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When times get rough,
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
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Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.
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Joy is like restless day; but peace divine Like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, — till perfect Day shall shine Through Peace to Light.
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Born:
October 13, 1941
(age 82)
Bio:
Paul Frederic Simon is an American musician, actor and singer-songwriter. Simon's fame, influence, and commercial success began as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, formed in 1964 with musical partner Art Garfunkel.
Known for:
Graceland (1986)
Stranger to Stranger (2016)
The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
Hearts and Bones (1983)
Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
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