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I doubt if he ever confronted and acknowledged his own deeper motivations, except when they were as pure as spring water.


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GENE SIMMONS Rock is about finding who you are. You don't necessarily have to play your instrument very well ...
GENE SIMMONS I cook mostly vegetarian vegetable and bean stews. Quinoa salads. I make my mother-in-law's reci...
GAIL SIMMONS Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
RICHARD SIMMONS Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.
CHARLES SIMMONS Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.
RUSSELL SIMMONS There is no better way to bring people together than with desserts.
GAIL SIMMONS I'm a big guy, but I play with a guard mentality. I got that from my dad, and it's always st...
BEN SIMMONS The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them hap...
GENE SIMMONS My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend eve...
RUSSELL SIMMONS Every actress has to face the facts there are younger, more beautiful girls right behind you. Once y...
JEAN SIMMONS Why should it matter to us when wrestlers are found dead in their beds or seen limping around on two...
BILL SIMMONS I always wanted to create a site that was sports and pop culture. '30 for 30' had a big impa...
BILL SIMMONS Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it
CHARLES SIMMONS When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me...
RICHARD SIMMONS In 1994, nobody could have predicted 'Shawshank' would one day be an iconic movie - and beli...
BILL SIMMONS Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.
BRIAN SIMMONS Not having a winning season, not going to the playoffs -- we've erased that history. Now at this poi...
BRIAN SIMMONS For us this year, it seems they've been coming in bunches. Once one happens, two or three more are s...
BRIAN SIMMONS We didn't make up any special recipes or do any witchcraft before the game. Guys just went out there...
BRIAN SIMMONS It was nothing but fun, having fun out there. You really like to enjoy yourself while you're playing...
BRIAN SIMMONS They were in a hurry-up, and that did slow it down and give us a chance to huddle, and we kind of ca...
BRIAN SIMMONS Interceptions don't come without pressure.
BRIAN SIMMONS We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too we...
BRIAN SIMMONS In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the w...
BRIAN SIMMONS It's big. You get off and you're not behind the eight-ball. The last two years, we've been putting o...
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