"A man walks down the street. It's a……" — Paul Simon
"A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around. He doesn't speak the language. He holds no currency. He is a foreign man. He is surrounded by the sound, sound of cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages. He looks around, around he sees angels in the architecture spinning in infinity and he says, "Amen" and "Hallelujah!"
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149 Quotes by Paul Simon
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to…
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I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and…
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I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all…
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Good morning, Lord! What are You up to today? Can I be a part of it? Thank You. Amen.
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