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Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending. ↗

— Neil Simon

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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 Simon

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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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When we came into the studio I became more and more me, making the tracks and choosing the musicians, partly because a great deal of the time during Bridge, Artie wasn't there. ↗

— Paul Simon

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Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater. ↗

— William E. Simon

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Jazz is a white term to define black people. My music is black classical music. ↗

— Nina Simone

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When I was studying... there weren't any black concert pianists. My choices were intuitive, and I had the technique to do it. People have heard my music and heard the classic in it, so I have become known as a black classical pianist. ↗

— Nina Simone

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From the beginning, it has been a no-no for a black man to touch a white woman. ↗

— Nina Simone

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Greed has driven the world crazy. And I think I'm lucky that I have a place over here that I can call home. ↗

— Nina Simone

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I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die. ↗

— Nina Simone

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