June 2009
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Not that Louis’ perfection- That’s what makes him ideal. Hardly anything worth objection Louis drinks a bit, Louis blinks a bit. Louis makes a connection, That’s the thing that you feel… We lose things. And then we choose things. And there are Louis’s And there are Georges- Well, Louis’s And George. But George has George, And I need- Someone-
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I was half convinced I’d waken, satisfied enough to dream you.
– Johanna, Sweeney Todd
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Thank you all, but this award has to be shared with Julius Epstein, Arthur...
– Acceptance speech for Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, 2008
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Krusty: I brought the greatest American composer... this guy. What's your name?
Sondheim: Stephen Sondheim. I know you hear that a lot, but I think you're great.
Krusty: Well, I bet you hear this a lot: You cost me an arm and a leg, so get to work!
Sondheim: Here's the opening number.
Krusty: Aha... Complex harmonies... Sophisticated lyrics... Pithy observations on everyday life... What is this crap! Where's the zazz? Why don't you do what you did on Cats?
Sondheim: I didn't write Cats.
Krusty: Oh no!
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I chose and my world was shaken, so what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
— Move On, Sunday in the Park with George
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Engaged in wordplay, he discovered that The Listener, the BBC’s journal of...
– A Funny Thing Happened to Stephen Sondheim
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A Conversation with Stephen Sondheim > Playback... →
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Success is like failure -
It’s how you perceive it
It’s what you do with it...
– It’s a Hit!, Merrily We Roll Along (via gimmick)
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