Stephen Schwartz Quotes

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• It's just life, so keep dancing through.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Dancing, Wicked, Wicked The Musical

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• I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason Bringing something we must learn And we are led to those who help us most to grow If we let them and we help them in return.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Friendship, People, Wicked

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• Often we treat certain aspects of ourselves as junk, having no value. We try to throw parts of ourselves in the garbage. But a human being is an ecosystem, and everything in that system is of value to the whole.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Compassion, Ecosystems, Trying

  "The Prayer Of The Body". Interview by Sy Safransky, thesunmagazine.org. October 1992.

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• I have learned that human beings are not searching for philosophies, even though it may seem that way sometimes. We are searching for something we can trust. And when we find ourselves in the midst of change, the philosophies are like a broken crutch. They do not hold us up. What supports us is a force, an energy, a vortex of love that expresses through us as warmth, creativity, service, and compassion.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Philosophy, Creativity, Compassion

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• Every project has challenges, and every project has its rewards.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Challenges, Rewards, Projects

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• So much of me is made of what I learned from you; you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine by being my friend

  Stephen Schwartz

  Heart, Stories, Handprints

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• ....Everyone deserves a chance to fly!

  Stephen Schwartz

  Chance, Deserve

  David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books

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• Its time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap

  Stephen Schwartz

  Eye, Leap Of Faith, Instinct

  David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books

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• When hard times come, the greatest danger does not necessarily lie in the circumstances we face, but rather in the way we treat ourselves at the time. Nothing is more dangerous than self-hate. Nothing makes it more difficult to heal or to find the grace of peace than self-attack and the agony of self-doubt.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Hate, Lying, Hard Times

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• Happy is what happens when all your dreams come true.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Dream, Wicked, Happens

  David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books

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• You think the only people who are people, Are the ones who look and think the way you do, But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, You'll learn the things you never knew you never knew... You can own the Earth and still, All you'll own is earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Thinking, Color, Wind

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• Though hope is frail, it's hard to kill.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Frail, Hard

  "Song: 'When You Believe'". 1998.

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• What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Giving, Serenity, Contentment

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• Those who don't try never look foolish.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Wicked, Trying, Looks

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• Some things I cannot change, but 'til I try I'll never know.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Wicked, Trying, Defying Gravity

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• Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Self, Wicked, Excuse

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• People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Dream, People, Soul

  Stephen Schwartz, Dan Coates (2014). “Pippin: Easy Piano Sheet Music from the Broadway Musical”, p.9, Alfred Music

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• No, you're wrong. I'm a hundred percent callow and deeply shallow.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Wicked, Shallow, Hundred

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• Cause getting your dreams It's strange, but it seems A little -- well -- complicated There's a kind of a sort of : cost There's a couple of things get : lost There are bridges you cross You didn't know you crossed Until you've crossed.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Dream, Couple, Bridges

  David Coté, Joan Marcus, Stephen Schwartz (2005). “Wicked: the Grimmerie”, Hyperion Books

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• Are people born wicked, or is wickedness trust upon them?

  Stephen Schwartz

  People, Wicked, Wickedness

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• I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work.

  Stephen Schwartz

  New York, Thinking, Secret

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• We can't all come and go by bubble!

  Stephen Schwartz

  Wicked, Broadway Musical, Comes And Goes

  "Fictional character: Elphaba Thropp". Broadway musical "Wicked", May 28, 2003.

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• And Goodness knows The Wicked's lives are lonely Goodness knows The Wicked die alone

  Stephen Schwartz

  Lonely, Wicked, Goodness

  Song: No One Mourns The Wicked

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• Start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeveSometimes you reach what's real just by making believeUnafraid, unashamedThere is joy to be claimed in this worldYou even might wind up being glad to be you.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Fashion, Real, Heart

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• I think the arts are very important for children growing up.

  Stephen Schwartz

  Art, Children, Growing Up

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