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Writing is a form of mischief.


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The only reason to write is from love.

The only reason to write is from love.



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Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.



Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.

Any moment, big or small, Is a moment, after all. Seize the moment, skies may fall Any moment.



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Anything you do, let it come from you. Then it will be new.



I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.

I love the theater as much as music, and the whole idea of getting across to an audience and making them laugh, making them cry - just making them feel - is paramount to me.



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Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.



Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!

Swing your razor wide! Sweeney, hold it to the skies!



All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.

All the best performers bring to their role something more, something different than what the author put on paper. That's what makes theatre live. That's why it persists.





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Your Nationality or any other Affiliation isn’t written on your forehead or any visible part of your body. It is shown by the way you Pride Yourself.



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In short, superheroes balance the forces of light and dark, rage and serenity, and the sacred and the profane within themselves and from it forge an identity that is powerful and purposeful.



Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.

Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.



Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want.

Rankings don't mean much to me because they can change after one fight. I just hope that I've at least gotten respect. A respect ranking is all I want.



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This is the first time Denmark has ever reached the World Cup finals, so this is the most significant moment in Danish history.



The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to find lifelong purchase in our bloodstreams.



Life turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?

Life turns on a dime. Sometimes towards us, but more often it spins away, flirting and flashing as it goes: so long, honey, it was good while it lasted, wasn’t it?




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