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Lin Manuel Miranda Inspirational Quotes (47)

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The theater should always be a safe space.
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Don't be shocked when your history book mentions me.
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I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.
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If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.
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It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.
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I feel like style is like accent. You don't hear it on yourself, and then everyone's like, man, you got a strong accent.
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I read reviews, I'm not going to lie to y'all. Like you know, I'll read 'em, but then, the next day I'm able to sort of shrug them off. But if something sort of sticks the next day, there's probably something to it. I just sort of really try to trust my gut on, on all that stuff.
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I loved musicals. I loved being in the school play and being lucky enough to get parts in the school play. But they always took place in some other time and place.
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I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you didn't maybe think of, that are so amazing, that you'd kick yourself if you didn't try to be a part of them.
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I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.
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I think one of the things that makes theater special is first of all, it's one of the last places you put your phone away. And second of all, it's one of the last places where we all have a common experience together.
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I got the job [in Moana], and the next day I was on a plane to New Zealand, where the rest of the team was already doing research, and meeting with different choirs, and sort of really soaking up the music, the musical world of, the musical heritage of this part of the world.
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My rhymes are gonna kill, so I suggest you write your will and leave your [expletive] to me.
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I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.
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It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is We Know The Way. That's the first song we wrote for the movie [Moana]. We actually got it written that weekend in New Zealand, so we're all in New Zealand, we're all absorbing this culture, and Opetaia [Foa'i] brought it in.
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My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.
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When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads are going to start bobbing. And they're going to stop listening to what you're saying, so consistently keep the ear fresh and keep the audience surprised.
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I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.
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With every word, I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.
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I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.
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My kid gets me out of bed in the morning.
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I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.
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We get the job done. So what happens if we win?
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