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I got to holler just to be heard.

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
Actor
Composer
Film Director
Librettist
Lyricist
Playwright
Rapper
Singer
Songwriter
Stage Actor
Theatrical Director
Translator
Washington Heights
New York
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I have two wonderful, supportive and very practical parents who were like, you're really talented and really creative. You should be a lawyer because there's a safe path there. And I knew that I was never going to be a lawyer. And I knew that I wanted to make movies, and I wanted to write shows.
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With every word, I drop knowledge.
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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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My rhymes are gonna kill, so I suggest you write your will and leave your [expletive] to me.
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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 the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.
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[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.
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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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Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.
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My kid gets me out of bed in the morning.
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No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.
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My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.
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I got the job [in Moana project] about six months before we started rehearsals. No, seven and a half months before we started at the Public, and so, it's been my ocean of calm throughout the Hamilton phenomenon.
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I think every writer's had the experience of having a really good idea, waiting to write it, and then once you write it, you're like, Oh I kind of got past the sell by date on this. I'm not connected to the initial spark that was the idea. A lot of that's about staying open.
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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'm not going to hang out with celebrities, I'm not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I'm going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.
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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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I just remembered when I was an adolescent girl wanting to leave my island and find my calling.
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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've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.
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