Stephen Sondheim Quotes
Deciding what is to be sung and what is not to be sung is really what writing a musical is about.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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I love a real-life, movie moment in living color.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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I am a woman of the 21st Century who is self-assured and speaks my mind.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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Your subconscious's goal is to recreate unresolved childhood issues and then hopefully mend them.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
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I have plenty of investments that I wish I'd never made. But the model is to lose money on a lot of investments and then make 1,000X or 10,000X on an investment.
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If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to exist, you need time and repetitive mind activity.
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For women to achieve equal representation in leadership roles, it's important that they have the backing of men as well as women.
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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, 'Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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I've been fortunate to work with some really smart people. Larry Page is an extremely smart guy, most probably one of the smartest people I've worked with.
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New York is really the place to be; to go to New York, you're going to the center of the world, the lion's den.
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Few countries have become rich through free-trade, free-market policies, and few ever will.
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I spend a lot of time writing in New York.
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My very first professional writing credit was on a movie called The Dunwich Horror, and Roger Corman was the executive producer.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' . . . We are so made that we can derive intense enjoyment only from a contrast and very little from a state of things.
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Deciding what is to be sung and what is not to be sung is really what writing a musical is about.
