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Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something.


E. L. Simpson

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VALERIE SIMPSON I was a good sight reader and I could sing two or three of these jingles a day. An orchestra would c...
VALERIE SIMPSON I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good...
VALERIE SIMPSON My daughters are here, and that makes me feel good. And with the spirit of Nick Ashford, I think I&#...
VALERIE SIMPSON You know, we have two families: the one we're born into, and the one that we make for ourselves ...
VALERIE SIMPSON In transition I think the spirit goes somewhere, but I don't think it leaves.
VALERIE SIMPSON There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Nee...
VALERIE SIMPSON Motown was the mecca. It was every writer's dream to work there.
VALERIE SIMPSON We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next...
VALERIE SIMPSON I guess I'm in a state of becoming. Even though I've had a full career and I've been aro...
VALERIE SIMPSON It's not fair that women look in the mirror and feel disgust because of what society has made th...
JESSICA SIMPSON I walked in, looked around, and the navy recruiter was a really hot brunette, so I signed up with he...
STURGILL SIMPSON I would love for the time to come where somebody can talk about me and not have to talk about Britne...
JESSICA SIMPSON I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies...
WEBB SIMPSON Is that weird, taking my Louis Vuitton bag camping?
JESSICA SIMPSON I'm incredibly proud of everything that we've achieved in Busted. We've enjoyed some of ...
CHARLIE SIMPSON Well I think any designer that can understand what people need to be wearing right now is the bigges...
JESSICA SIMPSON I can talk to my dad like he's my manager, and put 'Dad' on the back burner. We've b...
JESSICA SIMPSON There's a bunch of good stuff going on at the state level and I look forward to the opportunity to s...
AL SIMPSON We're losing teachers to Atlanta who can move there and get a $10,000 signing bonus. We're in a glob...
AL SIMPSON I'm a Christian and I'm a conservative, but I don't want a biology teacher teaching religion in biol...
AL SIMPSON People are passionate on both sides of the issue. Between lobbyists and science professors, I had to...
AL SIMPSON Stonewalling, wiretapping, cover-up, Lord's sake, if there isn't one of us here at this table that h...
ALAN SIMPSON In your country club, your church and business, about 15 percent of the people are screwballs, light...
ALAN SIMPSON Whatever he does, Dick will do it his own way, because whatever he does, it will be the subject of r...
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