Simon Schama Quotes

The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me.

Simon Schama

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If men can learn to be less defensive, more open to others, and more accepting of accountability, they will adapt well to the new global economy.

John Gerzema

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We do not attract Russian money to Luxembourg with high interest rates.

Jean-Claude Juncker

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New Yorkers are historically tough crowds.

Mat Kearney

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I've been looking around, and I noticed something: how much you really need to be loved. Ambition isn't just a desperate quest for positions or money. It's just love - lots of love.

Janis Joplin

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My iPhone stays on. All my friends and family know that I hate the phone, so no one calls me on it. I just use it to play Words With Friends and take pictures of cute shoes.

Jasika Nicole

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I just go about my life. I'm a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.

Diablo Cody

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I come from a much freer kind of performance thing, where I rely on my own improv and my own sense of humor.

Chevy Chase

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You do as much research as you can for any project.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

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Confess and be hanged.

Christopher Marlowe

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I love the music business very much.

Connie Smith

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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Bodhidharma

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It was a weird stage of my life, to leave Simon & Garfunkel at the height of our success and become a math teacher. I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions, and they would say, 'What were the Beatles like?'

Art Garfunkel

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