Stephen Sondheim Quotes
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We as children went up the mountain to find feed for livestock, like goats, cows and horses, and because in the winter time we would light the fire in the house, we would climb the mountain to collect firewood as well. Because of that, I suppose I became used to climbing mountains.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer.
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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People ask if success changes one overnight. I am just doing my job, and I worked way too hard to get here. I didn't get it easy.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another.
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Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.
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I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
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'Floating Worlds,' which received a fair amount of attention when it was first published, deserves rediscovery.
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Brazil is on my side.
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Keeping a feminine approach is vital - men hate bossy females.
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Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.
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Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.
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I really just started buying art as a passion. I never considered it an investment, but it ended up being a good investment.
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It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.
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Most people know me from 'The Office,' where I played a guy who grunted out three or four words an episode and was kind of a knucklehead, and so I think it's surprising for people to see me do something like this. But Shakespeare is what I grew up wanting to do.
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When people are infected by my charm, they don't see my size. My piercing deep blue eyes are distracting.
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I read to see myself in other people's lives.
