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I've always thought of myself as being a warrior. When you actually have a battle, it's better than when you don't know who to fight.

Carly Simon

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Carly Simon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 25
Actor
Composer
Guitarist
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
The Bronx
New York City
Carly Elisabeth Simon
Battle
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Actually
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Cancer

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But I'm lost when it comes to you.
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One of the things that has always motivated me to write is the desire to get it out and look at it in an objective way, so that it doesn't cause me any serious pain by staying inside.
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Don't mind if I fall apart. There's more room in a broken heart.
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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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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.
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So many artists who came out during that time, including myself, were able to get on radio. New forms of singer-songwriters developed out of that.
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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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Worrying too much about other people's ears and not my own, I lost my way.
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I had this terrible stammer, so I couldn't really speak properly until I was 16 or 17.
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