Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
ALAN JAY LERNERYou write a hit the same way you write a flop.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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We used to say that inside Cecil Beaton there was another Cecil Beaton sending out lots of little Cecils into the world. One did the sets, another did the costumes.
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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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If you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
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Don’t let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot.
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can’t a woman be like that?
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Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother.
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Pull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.
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It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
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Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
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