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Among my European ancestors were piano builders, goldsmiths, and vintners but, to the best of my knowledge, no professionals of any kind.


Herbert A. Simon

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SIMON SINEK Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyt...
SIMON HOGGART Learning music is a birthright. And you have to start young.
SIMON RATTLE One of the pleasures of staying with friends is that you get to browse their shelves. I always arriv...
SIMON HOGGART He always describes his characters' voices and their physique so brilliantly. As people have sai...
SIMON CALLOW Too many brands treat social media as a one way, broadcast channel, rather than a two-way dialogue t...
SIMON MAINWARING Anyone can sell product by dropping their prices, but it does not breed loyalty.
SIMON SINEK I can't read a computer screen and never use a calculator. It's all in my head and by hand.
SIMON REUBEN I'm a happy camper when I'm doing both: writing and art every day, along with a dose of read...
MARGE SIMON Most successful American politicians look well-fed on endorsements, campaign contributions and chick...
SIMON HOGGART I also learned to play Fruit Ninja on an iPad. It is quite hypnotic, and I hope one day to get past ...
SIMON HOGGART The leverage and influence social media gives citizens are rapidly spreading into the business world...
SIMON MAINWARING Every time I sat in a chemistry lesson, I thought, 'What am I doing this for? I don't ever w...
SIMON COWELL What do we do after? Build a transfer station? Direct haul? And what will the form be? Contract with...
ALAN SIMON If we fill to capacity we don't have to do a tax or bond to cover the rest.
ALAN SIMON We're taking in less [household] trash and have more capacity. And capacity equals money.
ALAN SIMON It's pretty much a lull in the action. We're looking forward to the next few years.
ALAN SIMON Corporate America cannot afford to remain silent or passive about the downward spiral we are undergo...
SIMON MAINWARING If anyone has conducted a Beethoven performance, and then doesn't have to go to an osteopath, then t...
SIMON RATTLE