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Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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It's age. It's a diminution of energy and the worry that there are no new ideas. It's an increasing lack of confidence. I'm not the only one. I've checked with other people.
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The Tonys ignored West Side Story. The Tonys ignored Gypsy. It's a kind of public humiliation.
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The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.
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For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.
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I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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With videotaping, on the second generation you're already losing some of the freshness.
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Almost all the shows I've been connected with have been extremely well cast. They're playing the show, not just doing the songs.
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Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new.
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I'm before him on my knees, and he kisses me He assumes I lose my reason and I do. Men are stupid, men are vain, Love's disgusting, love's insane, A humiliating business-oh how true.
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The more you cling to things, The more you love them, The more the pain you suffer, When they're taken from you.
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Now, this one might be a little stringy, but then again, it's fiddle player. That isn't fiddle player, it's piccolo player. How can you tell? It's PIPING hot! Then blow on it first!
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My cage has many rooms.
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