Stephen Sondheim Quotes
When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
Bas Rutten
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
Orson Pratt
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One of the biggest lessons I've learned during my time on 'Oprah' is that everyone wants to be heard. We all want to have our humanity acknowledged - to have others see us for who we truly are. We all want to know that we are valued, we are heard, we are understood.
Nate Berkus
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
Barry Bonds
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
Patrick Modiano
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
Farrah Fawcett
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
Adam McKay
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
Baruch Spinoza
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Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.
Watkin Tudor Jones
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
Zebulon Pike
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There is a unique freshness when eating buckwheat noodles cold with plenty of herbs and citrus acidity. I can't think of any better use of chopsticks on a hot and sweaty evening.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
Jack Kornfield
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
Waris Ahluwalia
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
Magic Johnson
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
Ted Ligety
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
T. S. Eliot
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Where can I get some tat? I'd like to trade it in.
Aaron Allston
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In America, you don't have to be weak, you have to be strong.
Lea Seydoux
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You want to know what makes me tick, I'll tell you what makes me tick. I was a boy growing up in Brooklyn; I read a two-penny magazine called 'The Hawk's Nest.' Nobody entered that nest that didn't leave a little richer and a little wiser. And that 11-year-old boy said, 'Isn't that a wonderful thing.' And that's all there is to it.
Buddy Hackett
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Show business is just like high school, except you get paid.
Martin Mull
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The original entrepreneur may initiate the initial purpose, but, in a sense, like a parent that has children, the children have their own destiny, and at some point, that can veer off away from the wishes the parent might have for it.
John Mackey
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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
Stephen Sondheim