Stephen Sondheim Quotes
One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
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When I'm on stage, I know exactly where I am. It's not an ego thing or anything like that, but I am more in my body and aware of myself and aware of what I'm doing, and I feel more from that, from sharing the music.
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What is extraordinary about the character of Edna - and I speak as though I am completely outside this character and I am talking to you - I'm, as it were, in the wings, and she's on stage, and every now and then she says something extremely funny, and I stand there and think: 'I wish I'd thought of that.'
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When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.
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The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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I'm always up for going back to the stage.
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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.
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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
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I've been on stage since I was eight.
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I wouldn't mind going half naked on stage, if that is what my role demands.
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I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.
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I never wanted to look pretty on stage and sing about something we've all heard about before.
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If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
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I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.
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It is unimaginable that anyone, right or left, can aspire to be president without having thought about this. Every candidate has the stage; the Republicans have used it to fuss unproductively over the Common Core. The Democrats have all but refused to speak.
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The early stage of pregnancy for me is quite hard to hide.
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The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.
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And understand: class differences will not save you.
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Judging from the way they sat and goggled at the drag on the stage it was obvious that they were indulging in delightful fantasies that brought to them substantial memories of the girls they had left behind in London or Manchester. As the Quartermaster Captain lisped after performing before a particularly rapt audience: 'I bet there were more standing pricks than snotty noses tonight'. Astonishingly, I suspect he was right. We probably helped to keep the home fires of passion burning.
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I've been really lucky.
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Maybe it's because I'm English, but in terms of how people perceive us I only pick up on the negative side of it.
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The sort of movies I make are not ones that can easily be sold upfront, so I have to make them and prove their mettle before I can sell them.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
