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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There's something scary about acting always, because basically you do all this work in a vacuum, and then suddenly there's a lot of money spent making a film, and there's suddenly a camera here, going, 'Right? What are you gonna do?'
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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 don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
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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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At that time a lot of young men didn't want to go to the war and kill. This guy that I fell in love with was one of those so he escaped to Canada and I followed him.
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I like having pairs of characters to play off each other. I love drawing Batman, but he's more fun with Robin. Batman charges ahead, Robin jumps off the walls. It's fun showing that contrast.
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I want to do entertaining films, where a woman gets the respect of being an actor.
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The only reason I would write a break-up song is because my own problem of allowing myself to relate to people.
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I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.
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In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.
