Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes - Page 2

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• With every word, I drop knowledge. I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal trying to reach my goal.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Goal, Trying, Coal

  "Beyond Taylor Swift: Predicting The 2016 Grammys", boisestatepublicradio.org. December 6, 2015.

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• I'm not going to hang out with celebrities, I'm not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I'm going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Song, Party, Ocean

  Source: deadline.com

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• I just remembered when I was an adolescent girl wanting to leave my island and find my calling.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Girl, Islands, Calling

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Falling In Love, War, Writing

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I had the good fortune of being 9 years old when The Little Mermaid came out, that whole run of really beautiful Disney musicals, and so, the fact that I got to interview with Ron [Clements] and John [Musker], who directed The Little Mermaid, I was, like, I just walked in and said, "You're the reason I'm even here."

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Beautiful, Running, Years

  Source: deadline.com

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• I want as many people to see the show [Hamilton] in its musical theater form as possible before it's translated, and whether it's a good act of translation or a bad act of translation, it's a leap, and very few stage shows manage the leap successfully.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  People, Musical, Want

  Source: deadline.com

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• I'm the music guy, I get to wear the music hat, but being able to be that guy in the room is a thrill at this level and caliber.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Guy, Thrill, Levels

  Source: deadline.com

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• I feel like style is like accent. You don't hear it on yourself, and then everyone's like, man, you got a strong accent.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Strong, Men, Style

  Source: kellystilwell.com

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• If you know the voice you're writing for it's such a shortcut. It's such a catalyst to creating the kind of energy you want.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Writing, Voice, Creating

  Source: deadline.com

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• I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They don't have to come from some far off place.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Writing, Thinking, Musical

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Well, hello. My name is Lin. But if you're dyslexic, call me Nil.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Names, Hello, Call Me

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I am not throwing away my shot.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Shots, Throwing, Throwing Away

  "Song: "My Shot" ("Hamilton")". 2015.

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• The biggest secret weapon we had in regards to really being true to this part of the world, and making sure this part of the world could see themselves in this film [Moana] in a way that felt positive and accurate, was Opetaia, my co-writer, Opetaia Foa'i, who has a great band called Te Vaka and is an amazing musical and cultural ambassador.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Secret, Musical, Band

  Source: deadline.com

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• I will lay down my life if it sets us free.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Lays, Ifs

  "Having Thick Skin Is A 'Survival Technique,' Says Comic Jeff Ross". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 13, 2016.

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• I read reviews, I'm not going to lie to y'all. Like you know, I'll read 'em, but then, the next day I'm able to sort of shrug them off. But if something sort of sticks the next day, there's probably something to it. I just sort of really try to trust my gut on, on all that stuff.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Lying, Next Day, Trying

  Source: highlightsalongtheway.com

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• I still look at that water, and I look at Moana's hair, and I'm just like, "How is this even happening?" It's such an incredible mix of technical mastery and wizardry. It's really incredible. It's layers and layers and layers. It's not unlike building a musical. It's really pretty cool.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Hair, Water, Musical

  Source: deadline.com

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• The reason I make that distinction cassette before CD is you have to listen to it in the order in which I've curated it for you. You know, side A to side B is our act break.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Order, Cds, Sides

  Source: www.npr.org

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• It's an enormous relief to go to work and be an actor and not be worried about writing.

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  Writing, Relief, Actors

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in my childhood bedroom at my parents' house to write those lyrics. I wanted to get to my angstiest possible place. So I went method on that.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Song, Couple, Writing

  Source: kellystilwell.com

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• Sebastian, en Español, is a bad ass name.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Bad Ass, Names, Ass

  Source: highlightsalongtheway.com

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• With every word, I drop knowledge.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  "Song: "My Shot" ("Hamilton")". 2015.

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• No one wants to hear me crooning a ballad.

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  Want, Ballads

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I have two wonderful, supportive and very practical parents who were like, you're really talented and really creative. You should be a lawyer because there's a safe path there. And I knew that I was never going to be a lawyer. And I knew that I wanted to make movies, and I wanted to write shows.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Writing, Two, Parent

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I probably shouldn't brag, but dag I amaze and astonish.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Brag

  "Song: 'My Shot'". September 25, 2015.

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• The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  Brain, Problem, Polish

  "Song: "My Shot" ("Hamilton")". 2015.

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