So, old friends, now it’s time to start growing up, taking charge, seeing things as they are, facing facts, not escaping them, still with dreams, just reshaping them, growing up.

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"People make mistakes/Holding to their own/thinking they're alone"

- Stephen Sondheim

Self-awareness

"Musicals are plays, but the last collaborator is your audience, so you've got to wait 'til the last collaborator comes in before you can complete the collaboration."

- Stephen Sondheim

Teamwork

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

- Stephen Sondheim

Success

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."

- Stephen Sondheim

Creativity

"If I cannot fly, let me sing."

- Stephen Sondheim

Aspirations

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"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."

- Max DePree

Growth

"How marvelous is the generation with which you deal. We have never had a generation its equal in all of the history of the Church. They are better educated. They are more familiar with the scriptures. I believe they pray with a greater measure of faith, have a greater desire to do the will of the Lord, are more active in the Church, go into the world as better prepared missionaries, and live to become better parents."

- President Gordon B. Hinckley

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"Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable."

- Alex Toussaint

Growth

"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone."

- Tony Robbins

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"Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave."

- Mary Tyler Moore

Growth