Stephen Sondheim Quotes
Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
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I have played cricket on my own terms.
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I was an easygoing guy, and school was pretty much people trying to challenge me to a fight, y'know, saying, 'Rambo! Rocky!'
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I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
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I save everything. I have these carefully organized file boxes. Somewhere in there is a section of the 'New York Times' where I wrote 'The Border Guard' in the margin.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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I prefer to underplay scenes rather than, you know, be big and drive them. And sometimes you have to do that, but I like the more natural styles.
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Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about.
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All the rappers in rave music are like the sloppy seconds of rappers who couldn't make it.
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I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.
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Mr. Salteena was an elderly man of 42 and was fond of asking peaple to stay with him.
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You can't argue with facts and figures. Either people want it, in which case they pay for it, or it's two guys sitting around at the Plaza having a discussion, which means nothing. I mean, Titanic. I wasn't crazy about the movie. But you know what? I'm gonna shut up, because the people have spoken. End of story!
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He would be the finer gentleman that should leave the world without having tasted of lying or pretence of any sort, or of wantonness or conceit.
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If someone throws you in a pool and you can't swim, you're going to struggle.
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The youngest boy in an Indian family has a good life. Growing up in a matriarchal family where my Indian mom's culture was dominant, I experienced this first hand.
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I cannot support a measure that chooses to protect some women and not others.
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I know very well what it is to be out of work and to be cheated by employers and I know what it is to be an employer.
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A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
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I did attend a convention with the production company behind 'The Woman' and 'Jug Face,' and I loved it and thought, 'I have to come back, as they are so much fun!' But those tickets are really expensive, and you're buying merchandise, and you want autographed pictures with people, so it's kind of like Disney World.
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An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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This next song is only dedicated to beautiful people here tonight. That means all of you. Thank you for coming along... and making this a great occasion.
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Sounding like I have agency in a song is important to me. I want to feel empowered by the music.
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Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess.
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Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
