Stephen Sondheim Quotes
The concerts you enjoy together/ Neighbors you annoy together/ Children you destroy together,/ That keep marriage in tact.
Quotes to Explore
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I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I was one of two girls accepted that year. This was September 1969 - well, that would have been 1970 - into the School Of Languages And Linguistics in Georgetown.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Video games seem to be mostly a boy thing - viewed by young boys and created by big boys. I believe that if more videos games were created by women, the violence in these games - especially against women - would be rapidly toned down.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball, but since I don't have one, I have nothing to fear but fear itself.
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Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria.
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I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
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I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.
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I love the smell of a man's skin.
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The outsider, Haller says, is a self-divided man; being self-divided, his chief desire is to be unified. He is selfish as a man with a lifelong raging toothache.
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Art, I suppose, is only for beginners, or else for those resolute dead-enders, who have made up their minds to be content with the ersatz of Suchness, with symbols rather than with what they signify, with the elegantly composed recipe in lieu of actual dinner.
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I may never know what type of effect I have on my sons, just like Granny never knew the effect she had on me. So I just try and make the best decisions that I can, be the best father that I can.
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I'm not interested in fad songs.
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The people who watch a movie like 'Wolf of Wall Street' and want to work on Wall Street are exactly the kind of people who shouldn't.
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All children will do things that you may not want them to. That's part of parenting.
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One of the things we have to remember about the poorest countries in the world is that parents, extremely poor parents, are making the choice of whether to send their girls to school. And they are struggling with lack of water, lack of firewood, and lack of care for their youngest children. And those burdens fall on the girls.
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The most important thing about marriage is that the man must not let the woman feel downtrodden simply because she is a woman and he is a man.
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I'm a part of a program called Toyota's Engines of Change Program. The message is that anyone can make a difference in their community or for whatever cause they feel strongly about. Everyone can be an Engine of Change.
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The concerts you enjoy together/ Neighbors you annoy together/ Children you destroy together,/ That keep marriage in tact.
