Stephen Sondheim Quotes
I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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I remember how much fun it was to pick out my lunchbox. My all-time favorite lunch box was from the movie 'Annie.' Also, I loved picking out school supplies! Trapper Keepers were my favorite.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
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I aimed at the Archduke. I do not remember what I thought at that moment.
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You must acquire the habits and skills of managing a small amount of money before you can have a large amount. Remember, we are creatures of habit and, therefore, the habit of managing your money is more important than the amount.
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As long as I can remember, growing up we had a guitar around our house, and I was always plucking on it.
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To feel today what one felt yesterday isn't to feel - it's to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today's living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost.
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I understand that sometimes when you're young it's difficult to remember the difference between real life and what is part of fantasy.
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In middle school, I really didn't have music, but in high school, I remember taking a lot of choir and drama.
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I remember Terry being exhausted from his latest Super Bowl win and all the things that go with it.
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What I know of Steve Trevor is everything that I learned from 'Wonder Woman,' the television series with Lynda Carter. And I don't remember much. I do remember his uniform, though.
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Before I even knew what that half of my family did, I was interested in performing. I remember being seven years old and up on a stage and loving it. I've always adored it. Not just acting, but the whole process of writing and directing movies, everything that has to do with that part of life. Maybe it's in my blood.
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My dad was a musician who went to Berklee, and he made me learn piano when I was five.
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I was obsessed with learning about social behaviors. I remember explaining to my mom that kids on my soccer team were fighting because of dyads and triads.
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Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' was on constant shuffle throughout my childhood. I remember my dad playing some stellar Max Roach albums as well.
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One of the men in the boat-I could not remember which character-had moved through all of the circles of theological supposition: praying, believing that God was a merciful Deity who sat up nights worrying about him, then believing that God was a cruel bastard, and finally deciding that no one was listening.
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When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.
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I was lucky to develop in the U.K. because I find comedy - in addition to being caustic - it's quite literary over here, and alternative comedy isn't so alternative.
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The role of a clown and a physician are the same - it's to elevate the possible and to relieve suffering.
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I have never imputed to Nature a purpose or a goal, or anything that could be understood as anthropomorphic. What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of 'humility.' This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.
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Time to grow up. Time to stop bawling. Time to do SOMETHING. And that means, if I'm not sleeping, my nerd-herd isn't sleeping either-sun or no sun.
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I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.
