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Happy, you really are a first-class gloomy bugger," JC said affectionately. "You could gloom for the Olympics, and still take a Bronze in existential paranoia."

Everyone has to be good at something," said Happy smiling in spite of himself.


Simon R. Green

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PAUL SIMON Who am I to blow against the wind?
PAUL SIMON I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm g...
PAUL SIMON If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, an...
PAUL SIMON Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.
PAUL SIMON Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
PAUL SIMON Listen to the sound of silence.
PAUL SIMON The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the s...
PAUL SIMON I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It&...
PAUL SIMON Nike doesn't want to make products for everyone - they want to make products for champions.
SIMON SINEK Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.
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 I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical,...
SIMON COWELL The secret of my success is that I make other people money. And, never ever, ever, ever be ashamed a...
SIMON COWELL I still put punctuation in my texts. If it's an 'I', I make sure it's a capital.
SIMON COWELL I could just sit back and get someone to spin my achievements, I suppose, but when I see others do i...
SIMON COWELL You are a saucy little thing aren't you?
SIMON COWELL Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.
SIMON COWELL I've always been petrified of working for a boss who I didn't like but who I was in fear of,...
SIMON COWELL The love I have for my ex-girlfriends will always be there, so I think that's true love.
SIMON COWELL I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can&#...
SIMON COWELL I like to know why a video has suddenly gone viral, why a song has broken, why a TV show is suddenly...
SIMON COWELL You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.
SIMON COWELL Not everybody is perfect, and I don't think we should be looking for perfect people.
SIMON COWELL You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.
SIMON COWELL Shave off your beard and wear a dress. You would be a great female impersonator.
SIMON COWELL I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looki...
SIMON COWELL People confuse ego, lust, insecurity with true love.
SIMON COWELL The quality of a leader cannot be judged by the answers he gives, but by the questions he asks.
SIMON SINEK Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aft...
SIMON MAINWARING The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important.
SIMON SINEK One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. ...
SIMON SINEK Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.
SIMON SINEK Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation.
SIMON SINEK