Stephen Sondheim Quotes

I played the organ when I went to military school, when I was 10. They had a huge organ, the second-largest pipe organ in New York State. I loved all the buttons and the gadgets. I've always been a gadget man.

Stephen Sondheim

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The film I did with Bobby De Niro, 'The King of Comedy' - an awful lot came to me out of that movie because De Niro never allowed me any room to be crazy. If I had tried to play it the way I would normally play it and get hysterical, Bobby would punch me.

Jerry Lewis

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In my view, the Conservative Party is the party best equipped to defend the British way of life.

John Paul Getty Jr.

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The thing most people don't pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It's 24/7.

Robert Kiyosaki

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It seems like people are more likely to tell you you've gotten too thin than to tell you you've gotten too fat.

John Schneider

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To cure ALS medically is not economical. The realities are that it's difficult to find funding for research for a medical cure. I believe in developing technology as opposed to medical research. Technology can be economical.

Steve Gleason

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Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

Steve Lacy

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I definitely hope to attend UCLA in a year, and major in business.

Mila Kunis

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I got bored with the old way - it came too easy. I worked until I could play and chord changes at any tempo in any key, and then said 'What else is there?' Now I'm finding out.

Don Ellis

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Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love to pay people more. I'd love to see rising wages for everybody.

Douglas R. Oberhelman

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I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing is wrong. I mean, I'd like it to be that way, but I've never allowed it to influence my actions.

David Stern

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I did 'Basic Instinct 2' because I had a baby about to be born, and the director said we could shoot before the due date.

David Thewlis

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Laughter is the best way to get over something or get closer to something. It's one of the things I respect most about Amy Schumer. She's found a way to get us closer to ourselves and see the ugly side of humanity, but not in a way that's pointing a finger or that's angry. She does it in a way that makes us see the absurdity and laugh at it.

Brie Larson

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