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I took it to heart that in order to be a good person you never said anything mean about anybody.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
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Singer
Singer-Songwriter
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The Bronx
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Carly Elisabeth Simon
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The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If you look at the conventions, it's kind of pathetic how many men are the heads of companies. On the other hand, I'm not sure what the reality should be.
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You don't have to prove to me you're beautiful to strangers, I've got loving eyes of my own.
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Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
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You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.
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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds, but soon you'll cage me on your shelf. I'll never learn to be just me, first by myself.
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You usually can't tell what's inspiring until you look back on it.
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You know, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1997 I realized I had spent too long arranging my attitude.
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I've gone through the village of my songwriting and my artistry, and I've gone through lots of different phases, including one where it has been very quiet and abandoned me for a few years.
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It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.
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I've learned that nobody's perfect, and I don't expect myself to be perfect anymore.
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Everyone has problems, and learning to share them is essential. Hiding pain requires an enormous amount of energy sharing it is liberating.
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My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.
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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.
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Life is a dream even in its most painful moments, it's a dream that we can dance to.
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I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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As a singer I tried on all these hats, these voices, these clothes, and eventually out came me.
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