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!
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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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Why not premiere movies on Netflix the same day they're opening in theaters? Listen to the consumer; give the consumer what they want.
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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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Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing.
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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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Howie Greenfield and I started writing music when I was 13 and he was 16. We lived in the same building.
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Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.
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Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have.
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It's a lot easier to act when the writing is good. Nothing is more frustrating than trying to figure out 'Well, why did I say this next?'
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Cannes is the oldest film festival in the world, and I've long dreamed of having one of my films there in competition. It's a dream that lay dormant for a long time; I stopped believing in it.
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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!
