Sondheim is a Gift

When you can't do what you want to then you do the things you can

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Success is like failure it's how you perceive it, It's what you do with it not how you achieve it.

Charles Kringas “It’s a Hit” , Merrily We Roll Along

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The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not.

Dot "Move On" , Sunday in the Park with George

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Tomorrow's what you're gonna have a lifetime of with me!

Young Ben “You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow” , Follies

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Happy Birthday, it’s your present,

Carl Magnus “A Weekend in the Country”, A Little Night Music

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But...

Charlotte Magnus “A Weekend in the Country”, A Little Night Music

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You haven't been getting out nearly enough.

Carl Magnus “A Weekend in the Country”, A Little Night Music.

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Maybe it's my name. Maybe it's my face. Maybe it's my ... both.

Sally Hopwinder “Don’t Laugh”, Hot Spot. 

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What's hard is simple. What's natural comes hard.

Fay Apple “Anyone Can Whistle”, Anyone Can Whistle. 

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I pine , i blush, i squeak, i squawk. Today i woke too weak to walk. What's love, i hear, i feel, i fear i'm in.

Hero "Love, I Hear", A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum.

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Though we may not agree today, In time- Mais oui! - We may.

Fay “Come Play Wiz Me” , Anyone Can Whistle.

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The thing, you see, is we're not that kind of close any more, the way we used to be. And a friendship's like a garden. You have to water it and tend it and care about it. And you know what? I want it back.

Charley "Franklin Shepard, Inc." , Merrily We Roll Along

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Okay big surprise , people love you and tell you lies.

Mary "Now You Know" , Merrily We Roll Along

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Everybody's got the right to some sunshine , maybe not the sun but one of it's beams.

“Everybody's Got the Right” , Assassins 

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What you'll discover is that people think the cover is the book

Herakles“Dress Big” , The Frogs

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Are you certain what you wish is what you want?

Cinderella's Mother “Cinderella At the Grave” , Into the Woods

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Don't finish that sentence!

Desiree Armfeldt “You Must Meet My Wife” , A little Night Music

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Unfortunately still a virgin , but you can't force a flower...

Fredrik Egerman “You Must Meet My Wife” , A little Night Music