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I don't write songs apart from theatrical pieces. I'm not interested in writing songs qua songs.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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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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I was raised to be charming, not sincere.
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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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With videotaping, on the second generation you're already losing some of the freshness.
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When I was growing up, there was no such thing as Off-Broadway. You either got your show on or you didn't.
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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 don't like the word 'career'. When somebody says to me, 'oh, you've had such a wonderful career', I think, 'career - that's after you're dead.' I just don't think that way.
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