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To wish and wait From day to day Will never keep The wolves away.

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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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Waiting
Wish
Away
Keep
Never
Wolves

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So here's to the girls on the go Everybody tries. Look into their eyes, And you'll see what they know: Everybody dies. A toast to that invincible bunch, The dinosaurs surviving the crunch. Let's hear it for the ladies who lunch Everybody rise!
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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.
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I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.
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Math and music are intimately related. Not necessarily on a conscious level, but sure.
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If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
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Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.
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Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.
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The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.
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White. A blank page or canvas. The challenge. Bring order to the whole Through design, composition, tension, balance, light, and harmony.
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Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake On, then, with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break Never look back.
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By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.
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Nowadays, there are sometimes more producers than there are people in the cast, because it takes that much money to put a show on.
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Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.
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I really don't want to write a score until the whole show is cast and staged.
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For anyone approaching any one of the cast albums, if they don't like what they hear, it's not the performer's fault.
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Bit by bit, putting it together... Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, Every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision's no solution, Everything depends on execution, Putting it together, that's what counts.
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