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8 Stephen Sondheim Quotes

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Stephen Sondheim quotes

  1. I'm a lazy writer. My idea of heaven is not writing. On the other hand, I'm obviously compulsive about it.

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  2. She was smart, tart, dry as a Martini, Ah, but underneath, She was all... heart, something by Puccini, Ah, but underneath, In the depths... of... her interior Were fears... she... was inferior And some... thing... even eerier -- But no one dared to query her superior exterior!

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  3. I dim the lights... and think about you Spend sleepless nights... to think about you You said you loved me... or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind?

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  4. Without question, Steve is the best Broadway lyricist, past or present.

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  5. West Side Story

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  6. Into the Woods

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  7. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

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  8. Assassins

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