Stephen Sondheim Quotes
In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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One ever feels his twoness - an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder.
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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The kind of person who's going to stand on the red carpet and love the attention and have the big grin - I'm just not like that. I want to get in there, do what I've got to do, and get home to my kids.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also be a property common to all.
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Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background.
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I've always been one of those people – once I start something, I have to get it all out, because it gets me.
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Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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Speaking our language, you will understand us-and if you can think as another man thinks, you cannot dislike him.
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There is a perennial nobleness and even sacredness in work. Be he never so benighted and forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual Despair.
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I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts.
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When I was younger, there was the sex thing. That's par for the course.When you're a movie star, it went with it. It's a kind of rite of passage, socially.
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The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows.
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Desire is God tapping at the door of your mind, trying to give you greater good.
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I think 'selfies' are fun and expressive, as long as you don't get carried away with it.
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
