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Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in high places costs self-denial; in all places it is liable to opposition, but its end is glorious, and the universe will yet do it homage. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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True greatness consists in being great in little things. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death. ↗

— Julian Lincoln Simon

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As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death. ↗

— Paul Simon

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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything. ↗

— Paul Simon

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Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that. ↗

— Paul 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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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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