Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes
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You can't bank on the outcome.
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Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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I myself feel that I'm a well-rounded player and got a lot better defensively and without the puck as time has gone on.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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As a parent, it's my responsibility to equip my child to do this - to grieve when grief is necessary and to realize that life is still profoundly beautiful and worth living despite the fact that we inevitably lose one another and that life ends, and we don't know what happens after death.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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I've always had very catholic tastes.
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I like being by myself.
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During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.
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I reveled in the most basic rules and techniques that are the foundation of professional cooking. For example, it is essential to use a sharp knife: the sharper the knife, the more fluid and precise your work and the less likely you are to get hurt. Dull knives are a danger - they slip far more often.
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It isn't hard to be in a relationship because I've always loved to be in a relationship, and I love to be in love.
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I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.
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To be honest, I would never have imagined myself acting on a sitcom that I didn't write.
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When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I've really gained an appreciation for melody. What's cool is that when you're singing, you have to be concise, and when you're rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics.
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I love the Ronettes, the 'do-run-run-run' pop stuff. I love the lyrics, having 'blue, blue blue' being repetitive.
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I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics.
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Sometimes I have a sense of what I'm seeing being a small fraction of what's there. Not always there, but probably more often than I realize. Something will come up, and I'll realize I'm thinking about the world a little differently than my friends.
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I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics.
