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> [I think you balance the things you've been dying to do all your life. And the opportunities that come along, that you didn't maybe think of, that are so amazing, that you'd kick yourself if you didn't try to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-think-you-balance-the-things-you-ve-been-dying-to-do-all-your-life/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/lin-manuel-miranda-2352_balance_i-think-you-balance-the-things-you-ve-be_2350233.png)

## More by Lin-Manuel Miranda

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/ed-koch-once-said-that-new-york-city-is-where-immigrants-come-to/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [What's incredible about 'Hamilton,' and the reason you can't get a ticket, is because everyone's responding to it. Everyone is seeing a bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/what-s-incredible-about-hamilton-and-the-reason-you-can-t-get-a/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [I think I started writing because no one had ever told me you can write about the things you know in a musical. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-think-i-started-writing-because-no-one-had-ever-told-me-you-can/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [I like to separate the music- and lyric-writing processes if I can. I'll sort of noodle around on my keyboard and my computer until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-like-to-separate-the-music-and-lyric-writing-processes-if-i-can-i/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/history-is-so-subjective-the-teller-of-it-determines-it/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-can-t-say-i-have-enough-experience-with-hollywood-to-feel-that-i-ve/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [“If it takes fighting a way for us to meet, it will have been worth it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/if-it-takes-fighting-a-way-for-us-to-meet-it-will-have-been-worth-it/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-got-to-fall-in-love-i-got-to-win-a-war-i-got-to-write-words-that/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [“When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart And I thought I was so smart”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/when-you-smile-you-knock-me-out-i-fall-apart-and-i-thought-i-was-so/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/you-know-what-s-a-great-way-of-tricking-people-into-thinking-you-re-a/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [It's hard to pick. I mean, I think the one that is most emblematic of the collaboration that occurred is "We Know The Way."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/it-s-hard-to-pick-i-mean-i-think-the-one-that-is-most-emblematic-of/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [“I stop wasting time on tears I live another fifty years It's not enough”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-stop-wasting-time-on-tears-i-live-another-fifty-years-it-s-not/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [I made a movie when I was 15 years old with all my friends. This is when IMDb was a little more lax with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-made-a-movie-when-i-was-15-years-old-with-all-my-friends-this-is/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [ I got the job \[in Moana\], and the next day I was on a plane to New Zealand, where the rest of the team… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/i-got-the-job-in-moana-and-the-next-day-i-was-on-a-plane-to-new/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

> [“Southern motherfucking democratic-republicans”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-manuel-miranda/southern-motherfucking-democratic-republicans/)

[Lin-Manuel Miranda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-manuel-miranda/)

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