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Sometimes colleagues in performance are absolutely astonishing.
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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If I got involved with the chat rooms and Facebook and everything - I would probably never leave. That's why I don't do it. I literally don't do it. At all.
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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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