Neil Simon

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“I LOVE living, I have some problems with my LIFE, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.”

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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“Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.”

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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“When its 100 degrees in New York, it's 72 in Los Angeles. When its 30 degrees in New York, in Los Angeles it's still 72. However, there are 6 million interesting people in New York, and only 72 in Los Angeles.”

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"I firmly believe that if you follow a path that interests you, not to the exclusion of love, sensitivity, and cooperation with others, but with the strength of conviction that you can move others by your own efforts, and do not make success or failure the criteria by which you live, the chances are you'll be a person worthy of your own respects."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"The body of a young woman is God's greatest achievement...Of course, He could have built it to last longer but you can't have everything."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"New York is not Mecca. It just smells like it"

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)

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"Sports is the only entertainment where, no matter how many times you go back, you never know the ending."

― Neil Simon (1927-2018)