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I was watching him crawl, Back over the wall-! Then bang! Crash! And the lightning flash! And- well, that's another story, Never mind- Anyway.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Dramaturge
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New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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For me it's more fun to find an unexpected moment for a character to sing when you don't expect them to.
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Ah, but if you have no expectations, You can never have a disappointment.
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You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.
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Everyone tells tiny lies, what's important really is the size.
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I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.
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Oscar Hammerstein was a surrogate father. I liked my father a lot, he was a swell fellow, but I didn’t see him very often because my mother was bitter about him and did everything she could to prevent me from seeing him.
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