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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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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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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The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.
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Wit is the key, I think, to anybody's heart, because who doesn't like to laugh?
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Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?
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The usefulest truths are the plainest.
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I love the Dr.Hauschka range and use the cleanser, toner and moisturiser every day.
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Carter is doing a high-wire act over a cesspool, preaching all the way. Sinclair Lewis, thou shouldst be living in this hour. We have a Warren Harding impersonating Elmer Gantry.
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I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.
