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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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If you think in terms of topping, you're in the wrong business. You can't think that way.
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I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.
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The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.
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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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Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.
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