Stephen Sondheim Quotes
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.
Quotes to Explore
-
Because the nights bring the threat of invasion and terror to the villages, thousands of children in northern Uganda have become night commuters, leaving the nightmare of capture behind for the safety of the city.
-
I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
-
Education is so important.
-
I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
-
While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
-
When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you start to realize that some of those books, well, they weren't really good. OK, let's be honest. A lot of them were crap.
-
Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
-
Every parent wants to see their kids excel.
-
Luckily, I have been offered the chance to play a South American, Hispanic and even a character from the Middle East in films. There are also a lot of TV series in the U.S. that have a strong presence of actors from India.
-
Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
-
Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
-
I haven't been worried about my image so much as I have been trying to find projects to push myself further than before.
-
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen.
-
It's too many questions about what I'm going to do, why I'm retiring, and this and that. So I answer the same question, I don't know, a thousand times.
-
What people don't realize is that professionals are sensational because of the fundamentals. The sensationalism has taken over the professionalism.
-
Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.
-
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.
-
I'm totally myself.
-
I'm also working closely with a group called the Amazon Conservation Team, helping with the rainforest in South America.
-
If you just say nothing, there is no way they can make you talk.
-
We've had Town Hall meetings, we've witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the President's health care bill. And the bottom line is the people don't like this bill. They don't want it.
-
If people can see Earth from up here, see it without those borders, see it without any differences in race or religion, they would have a completely different perspective. Because when you see it from that angle, you cannot think of your home or your country. All you can see is one Earth...
-
I don't like to talk about myself.
-
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.
