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I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

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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