Stephen Sondheim Quotes
It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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Looking at the trends that we have gone through as a company, where we started the company, it's all about cloud computing, and we're still cloud computing. And then we went through this space on social. When Facebook came out, that was amazing.
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My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.
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I'm just first of all looking for a part that's well written and speaks to me.
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We believe that according the name 'investors' to institutions that trade actively is like calling someone who repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'
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In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.
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Since Walton v. Arizona, 497 U.S., I have acquired new wisdom ...or, to put it more critically, have discarded old ignorance
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I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.
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You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when.
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As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.
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Television is a golden goose that lays scrambled eggs; and it is futile and probably fatal to beat it for not laying caviar. Anyway, more people like scrambled eggs than caviar.
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When you have a lot of success you don't need vanity any more.
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Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
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I'm a singer, and I never lost sight of that.
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To win two Olympic golds in a row like Daley Thompson is very special. One day, I'm going to have to meet Daley, shake his hand, and thank him for giving me something to chase after.
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I didn't really like superheroes. I liked monsters and war comics.
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If you can grasp those two truths - you are made in His image and dependent on Him - you will discover a great dignity and at the same time a profound humility.
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My dream is to go big someday internationally.
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We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.
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It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.
