Stephen Sondheim Quotes
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.
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The interest in the supernatural in a very generic sense and in the spiritual is not in itself a factor that helps the communication of the Christian faith.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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Growing up on a mountain in Tennessee, I spent most of my childhood outside.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.
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When you are in the infrastructure sector, you've to work along with the government.
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With so much evidence of depleting natural resources, toxic waste, climate change, irreparable harm to our food chain and rapidly increasing instances of natural disasters, why do we keep perpetuating the problem? Why do we continue marching at the same alarming beat?
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I want to do movies but not talk about them.
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I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
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The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.
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There's nothing more adult than being ripped away from friends and family, you know? Having to manage a life when you're not fully there, manage a life when you don't make a lot of money. It's very adult.
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Blacks have had to learn to protect themselves by being cynical but not cynical enough to slam the door on potential opportunities. We go through life walking a tightrope to prevent too much disillusionment.
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Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.
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Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you’re a grown-up, you’ll understand. Jonah: I don’t want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated.
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I'm a fan of good horror movies.
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A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
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You want to know the biggest illusion about success? That it's like a pinnacle to be climbed, a thing to be possessed, or a static result to be achieved. If you want to succeed, if you want to achieve all your outcomes, you have to think of success as a process, a way of life, a habit of mind, a strategy for life.
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I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.
