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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When I was growing up, the Spanish-speaking world was Balkanized. We were isolated. We didn't know what was happening in cultural terms in Ecuador, Colombia and Chile. Nowadays, this has changed a lot - fortunately for writers and readers. There is much more integration.
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We perform the show for the people that are in the room and then that performance is theirs forever and ever.
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Anyone who has been the victim of the social-media furies knows just how distorting and dishonest those furies can be.
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People always ask what kind of restaurant we have, and it's like a five-minute conversation. The short answer is, 'We're creating community through food.' That's the big idea we had, the product we're exporting. And it has paid off.
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If I get stuck doing comic-book films for the rest of my life, I'll be really happy.
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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.
