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No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.
Lin-Manuel Miranda
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Lin-Manuel Miranda
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: January 16
Actor
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Washington Heights
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I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.
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We get the job done. So what happens if we win?
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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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My sister is as responsible for anyone for giving me good taste in music.
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My power of speech, unimpeachable. Only 19 but my mind is older.
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The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.
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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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