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Simon, Paul
1942–
1942–
1
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
"Bridge over Troubled Water" (1970 song)
And here's to you, Mrs Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know.
"Mrs Robinson" (1967 song, from the film
The Graduate
)
Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
in
International Herald Tribune
12 October 1990
Simonides
c.
556
bc
c.
556
bc
1
Go, tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here obedient to their laws we lie.
epitaph for the 300 Spartans killed at Thermopylae, 480
bc
Painting is silent poetry, poetry is eloquent painting.
Go, tell the Spartans, thou who passest by,
That here obedient to their laws we lie.
epitaph for the 300 Spartans killed at Thermopylae, 480
bc
Herodotus
Histories
bk. 7; attributed
Painting is silent poetry, poetry is eloquent painting.
Plutarch
Moralia
"De Gloria Atheniensium" sect. 3
Simpson, Harold
1
Down in the forest something stirred:
It was only the note of a bird.
Down in the forest something stirred:
It was only the note of a bird.
"Down in the Forest" (1906 song)
Simpson, John
1944–
1944–
1
I'm sick to death of the "I'm going to tell you everything about me and what I think" school of journalism. You don't watch the BBC for polemic.
I'm sick to death of the "I'm going to tell you everything about me and what I think" school of journalism. You don't watch the BBC for polemic.
interview in
Radio Times
9 August 1997
Simpson, Kirke
1881–1972
1881–1972
1
[Warren] Harding of Ohio was chosen by a group of men in a smoke-filled room early today as Republican candidate for President.
often attributed to Harry Daugherty, one of Harding's supporters, who appears merely to have concurred with this version of events, when pressed for comment by Simpson
[Warren] Harding of Ohio was chosen by a group of men in a smoke-filled room early today as Republican candidate for President.
often attributed to Harry Daugherty, one of Harding's supporters, who appears merely to have concurred with this version of events, when pressed for comment by Simpson
news report, filed 12 June 1920; William Safire
New Language of Politics
(1968)
Sims, George R.
1847–1922
1847–1922
1
It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse.
It is Christmas Day in the Workhouse.
"In the Workhouse—Christmas Day" (1879)
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