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Let the moment go. . . . Don't forget it for a moment, though. Just remembering you've had an and when you're back to or makes the or mean more than it did before. . . . Now I understand! And it's time to leave the woods.

Stephen Sondheim

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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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