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I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#almost #being #everything #i #loved

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#country #dirt #get #i #know

The thing about hip-hop is that it's from the underground, ideas from the underbelly, from people who have mostly been locked out, who have not been recognized. ↗

— Russell Simmons

#been #hip-hop #ideas #locked #mostly

Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan. ↗

— Phil Simms

#fan #radio #ruined #sports #sports fan

Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters. ↗

— David Simon

#albert #also #cause #choice #commit

There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought: this whole notion of writing for the person who understands nothing, the average reader... He has to die! I can't have him in my head. And so the person I started writing for was the homicide detective. ↗

— David Simon

#came #detective #die #down #had

In the 1950s we use to feel that television was taking away our comic readership; with today's exciting, powerfully visual movies I have to wonder about their effect on the kids' loyalty to the comic book medium all over again. ↗

— Joe Simon

#again #away #book #comic #comic book

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor. ↗

— Neil Simon

#floor #painted #risks #sistine #took

Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count. ↗

— Neil Simon

#count #dollars #going #hundred #rest

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent. ↗

— Paul Simon

#i #interested #invent #more #than