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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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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
Author
Composer
Dramaturge
Librettist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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Love
Cling
Suffer
Taken
Suffering
Pain

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