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Being Alive
Being Alive is a song from the musical Company by George Furth with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The song appears at the end of Act II and is sung by the main character, Robert, a 35-year-old bachelor who at the show's end “. . . realizes being a lone wolf isn't all it's cracked up to be . . . he declares that he wants to take the chance, be afraid, get his heart broken - or whatever happens when you decide to love and be loved." "Being Alive" was first recorded by Dean Jones, who originated the role of Robert on Broadway in 1970. "Being Alive" has become popular outside its original musical setting, and although written for a male part is frequently performed by women. The song has been performed in concert, on the stage, or in the studio by Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, Barbra Streisand, Margaret Whiting, Lea Salonga, John Owen-Jones, Ute Lemper, Lauren Samuels, Raul Esparza, Chris Colfer, Neil Patrick Harris, Adam Driver among others. “Being Alive” replaced the song “Happily Ever After”, which was cut from Company because it was considered too dark to serve as a closing number. According to cultural critic Jeremy McCarter, Sondheim has never been happy with “Being Alive” as the finale for Company, calling it “a cop-out”.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of being alive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of being alive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be.
Having everything in life is having nothing! But being alive is having the dream of everything and the prospect of nothing. .
Life is magical. Being alive in this present moment is magic. Be in awe of this magic and you will understand how priceless this life is!!
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.
However many ways there are of being alive, it is certain that there are vastly more ways of being dead, or rather not alive.
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