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I'm not trying to make something that is difficult to perform every night. It needs to proceed at the speed of that character's thought because that's the only way it's actable.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
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I got to holler just to be heard.
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The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.
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With every word, I drop knowledge.
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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 sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.
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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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