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I try to get to those peculiar and particular things that you never think of to say.
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
New York City
Carly Elisabeth Simon
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I used the physical scar of my breast cancer operation, the scar that I have across my chest as a metaphor for all kinds of scars.
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You know, people want to honor me, and on the one hand I just don't want to be a poster child but on the other, I want to do something classy and great - something where the residuals will go to the cause.
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I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.
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There was a French singer, Francoise Hardy - I used to look at her pictures and try to dress like her.
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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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I took it to heart that in order to be a good person you never said anything mean about anybody.
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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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But I'm lost when it comes to you.
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I had a mastectomy in 1998, and then chemo.
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A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.
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You're so vain. I bet you think this song is about you.
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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 haven't got time for the pain.
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My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.
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We need role models who are going to break the mold.
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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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So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had.
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Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins.
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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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