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.
Quotes to Explore
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A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
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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.
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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.
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There has to be a global mission of human progress.
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I'm not afraid to be lonely at the top.
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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.
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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.
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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?'
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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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.
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On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.
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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.
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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.
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My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.
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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.'
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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.
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Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
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In one year I travelled 450,000 miles by air.
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On some level, now, we are joining the larger world and realizing that we are connected with people in these very scary ways, sometimes. What happened recently in Spain affects us here and brings questions up. It is too bad that people have to be shaken up in that way.
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Melania rarely wears American labels, with the exception of Ralph Lauren, who created a duplication of a Jackie Kennedy look, which was basically a costume anyway.
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I once tried to sing jazz for real. But jazz didn't do it for me. You can't have jazz without a jazz world, which doesn't exist anymore.
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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.
