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Hamilton: The Revolution QUOTES

Hamilton: The Revolution QUOTES

1 " [BURR]
I am the one thing in life I can control. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

2 " I think Lafayette wants to rap in French now. I have to go learn some French.
Damn it, Lafayette "

― Lin Manuel Miranda, , Hamilton: The Revolution

3 " I know my sister like I know my own mind, you will never find anyone as trusting or as kind. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

4 " On opening night, standing under the Rogers's marquee, [Lin] realized that if Eliza's struggle was the element of Hamilton's story that had inspired him the most, then the show itself was a part of her legacy. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

5 " Serving [Hamilton's] legacy didn't just mean commemorating him, though: It also meant continuing his work. [Eliza] crusaded against slavery, as Hamilton had. And this widow of an orphan helped to found the first private orphanage in New York. That's the real power of a legacy: We tell stories of people who are gone because like any powerful stories, they have the potential to inspire, and to change the world. "

― Jeremy McCarter, , Hamilton: The Revolution

6 " Ron told Pippa that during the six years he had spent on the book, Valerie Chernow had developed a powerful identification with Hamilton’s wife. “She used to say, ‘Eliza is like me: She’s good, she’s true, she’s loyal, she’s not ambitious.’ There was a purity and a goodness about the character, and that was like Valerie,” he says. In 2006, after 27 years of marriage, Valerie passed away. For her gravestone, Ron chose a line from the letter that Hamilton wrote to Eliza on the night before the duel: “Best of wives and best of women. "

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7 " I was having a drink with Hugh Laurie, with whom I’d worked on his series House, and I told him I wanted to write a breakup letter from King George to the colonies. Without blinking, he improv’d at me, “Awwww, you’ll be back,” wagging his finger. I laughed and filed it away. Thanks, Hugh Laurie. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

8 " Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now. "

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9 " Legacy. What is a Legacy? It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see "

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10 " Lin beamed, and threw a couple of triumphant middle fingers in the air. "

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11 " We push away what we can never understand; we push away the unimaginable. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

12 " And if this child shares a fraction of your smile or a fragment of your mind, look out, world! That would be enough. "

― Lin Manuel Miranda, , Hamilton: The Revolution

13 " When Lin optioned his book, Ron was relieved that the Founding Father who had the most dramatic and least appreciated life story would finally get his due—even though a rap musical was the last way that Ron had anticipated Hamilton getting it. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution

14 " (Questlove) Is this the most revolutionary thing to happen to Broadway, or the most revolutionary thing to happen to hip-hop? "

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15 " The plan is to fan this spark into a flame "

― Lin Manuel Miranda, , Hamilton: The Revolution

16 " You have no control. Who lives, who dies, who tells your story. "

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17 " Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder "

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18 " Raise a glass to freedom
Something they can never take away
No matter what they tell you "

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19 " How on Earth did you do that with the same 24 hours a day that everyone else gets? "

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20 " History is entirely created by the person who tells the story. "

― , Hamilton: The Revolution