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I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!

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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Composer
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New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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