Stephen Sondheim Quotes
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I talk every day about doing the right thing.
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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The truly powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on the most rarified delicacy of all: impunity.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it's more culturally associated with guys.
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Israel, contrary to most of the West, has a high fertility rate, so there's a lot of young people in Israel. Most families have three kids as opposed to one or two, so a big proportion of the population is under 30.
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I don't believe that a hydrogen economy depends on a carbon economy at all.
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What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
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I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
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I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can't be all that bad.
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Every culture is different in terms of what is taboo and what is acceptable. I grew up in Singapore, where people are very mindful of that. One can see that as restriction or as consideration for a fellow person living within a shared environment.
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We don't get too nervous for too may things, but on television a few million people are sitting there watching. Definitely a lot more nerves.
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I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
