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As a schoolboy, poetry seemed defined by preciousness. It was all very rarefied.


Simon Schama

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SIMON NEWCOMB A country's economic growth may be defined as a long-term rise in capacity to supply increasingl...
SIMON KUZNETS My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men.
SIMON NEWCOMB If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
SIMON COWELL My attitude is, if someone's going to criticize me, tell me to my face.
SIMON COWELL When someone asks, 'Does success make you into a monster?' I always say, 'No, it enables...
SIMON COWELL I was bought an electric guitar when I was 12, but my guitar teacher beat me up. I didn't like g...
SIMON COWELL My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'
SIMON COWELL