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Paul Simon

"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

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"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

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"The greatest teacher I know is the job itself."

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"We always admire the other person more after we've tried to do his job."

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"Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute."

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"All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job."

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"Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can."

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"I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it."

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"The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws."

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"It's my job to really commit myself to the material and the project and be proud of what I've done, and I am in most cases."

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"Not to sound too pathetic, but there have been long stretches where I haven't been able to get a job."

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"It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me."

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