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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes h

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. – Paul Simon

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As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people wont be put to death. – Paul Simon

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Death
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, youve created a special little thing, and thats what Im looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. – Paul Simon

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Humor
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We also have to make sure our children know the history of women. Tell them the rotten truth: It wasnt always possible for women to become doctors or managers or insurance people. Let them be armed with a true picture of the way we want it to be. – Anne Roiphe

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History
[History is] a tyranny over the souls of the dead – and so the imagination of the living. – William Carlos Williams

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No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. – William Hazlitt

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Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it. – Ric Keller

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I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect. – Madeleine LEngle

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My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. – Ann Druyan

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Id still like to see Survivor minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business – I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody elses foot. – Albert Brooks

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There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. – Stephen Hawking

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