Quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

[Opetaia Foa’i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.

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Disney’s really incredible on story.

Incredibles

Stories

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Don’t be shocked when your history book mentions me.

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Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That’s what happened to my parents; that’s what happened to me.

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Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life

Everyday

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I ‘ve got this weird day that changed my life. I woke up one Wednesday, and my wife’s a lawyer, she was off to get on a plane, to go to a business meeting somewhere else, and she said, “I think you might be a father. I have to go to the airport.” It was like, six in the morning, and I was like, “That’s great – what?!” I called her at noon once her flight landed, to confirm that I hadn’t dreamt the thing she told me.

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I am not throwing away my shot.

Shots

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I am the epitome of coolness.

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I came up with the “We are explorers,” with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa’i] melody. And so, it happened so organically, that it really, to me, is the most emblematic of our collaboration.

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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.

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Quotes by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda

[Opetaia Foa’i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.

Disney’s really incredible on story.

Don’t be shocked when your history book mentions me.

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That’s what happened to my parents; that’s what happened to me.

Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life

I am not throwing away my shot.

I am the epitome of coolness.

I came up with the “We are explorers,” with sort of a counter-melody to [Opetaia Foa’i] melody. And so, it happened so organically, that it really, to me, is the most emblematic of our collaboration.

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.

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