Stephen Schwartz (Stephen Lawrence Schwartz) Quotes
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PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.
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I live alone, so I don't really talk to anyone once I'm home. I have some silent nights.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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Of course I'm naughty. I've always had to compete for attention, you see.
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If you take anything I say with any seriousness whatsoever, go study Yang style tai chi. It will make you live longer.
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We are God's creation, and we have a responsibility to keep ourselves at our best.
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I just want Tina Fey to be my best friend. And Lena Dunham. And Oprah, too.
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I can take an opinion, but I don't like when you try and spew hate and contaminate the way other people think. I feel like I'm one of the people that's always made music for the common man. That's why I don't really live my life the way I could. I don't stunt as much as I could stunt, 'cause that's not who my music is for.
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On a movie set, there's so much down time, adjusting the lighting. It gave me time to nap, call my friends, relax, work out. But with TV, there's no break time. None.
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Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol.
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I've spent my life visiting a handful of people who are very close to me when they've been committed to one hospital or another in New York.
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Critics should think about how the opening weekend audience might want to discover some surprises for themselves.
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I think it is good when something can stay interesting for a long time. It's not just a trend for one month.
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Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
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My earliest memory is dreamlike: in a small orchard or garden I am carried on the arm, I believe, of my father; there was a group of grown-ups, my mother among them, and the group was slowly walking in the orchard, it seems toward the house.
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From my perspective, 'postmodernism' merely names an interesting set of developments in the social order that is based on the presumption that God does not matter.
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I listen a lot to rap, and I'm inspired to take it, to use it in another way, to get the message across.
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Those who don't try never look foolish.
