Stephen Sondheim Quotes
They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.
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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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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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No one's a virgin, life screws us all!
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I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community.
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I think diversity is something that should be celebrated because it's who we are as a world, and little kids need to be able to turn on the TV and see real-world representations of themselves. It's very important.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
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It was like being high when you reach those high notes.
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In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise.
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Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.
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Please don't throw phones. They hurt. And we sell them on eBay.
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To be premature is to be perfect.
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I'm waiting for the alarm clock to go off and I'm going to wake up, ... I can't believe how well things are going. This is a dream come true.
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Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.
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The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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Only God and I knew what I meant when I wrote it, now only God knows.
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They can do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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Management brings the best and worst out of me, and I think you have to find a distinction between what is work and what isn't work, because football can take over your life.
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The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me.
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They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.
