Stephen Sondheim Quotes
I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!
Quotes to Explore
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We're seeing quite a lot of people who really would like a return to class-based politics.
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If you were to ask me to choose between democratic values and wealth, power, prosperity and fame, I will very easily and without any doubt choose democratic values.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Without troublesome work, no one can have any concrete, full idea of what pure mathematical research is like or of the profusion of insights that can be obtained from it.
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Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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I'm an academic. I teach at the university, and that's where I will go back to.
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I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York.
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I've never been driven to just be a celebrity or just get me on TV. Never ever. What's always driven me is being successful and being good at what I do.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how dumb rock can be.
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I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym.
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I've always been terrible on regular sitcoms with lots of jokes. I don't know how to tell jokes.
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If anybody seeks your advice, offer right and sincere advice.
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I don't think music affects what words I choose to type in what order, within what punctuation, at this point, because I'm rereading and editing each sentence, at this point, in my published books, probably 100-150 times each, on average, and listening to probably 20-60 different songs in that time.
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People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.
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The way Aventura became successful was so weird. We didn't have a major label. They say everything has a reason, but it's not easy to find. The only thing that was right was the music.
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Living in a capital in Europe but still surrounded by mountains and ocean, my relationship to music was strongest walking to school and back. I would sing to myself and very quickly started mapping out my melodies to landscapes - at the time I just thought it was very matter of fact, a common thing to do.
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I have nothing to declare but my genius, and this four-kilo bag of cocaine.
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My wife even thinks our next album should be recorded in our house, and we should move all the furniture out to the garage. I'm not sure how many spouses would be supportive of that, much less come up with the idea.
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My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that.
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Ignore what other people think. Most people aren’t even paying attention to you.
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I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!
