Back home everyone said I didn’t have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.
ALAN JAY LERNERWe 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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England still will be here without you.
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The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.
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All to often, however, what she [the woman] does want is the man she hopes she will make out of the man she already has.
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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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We met at nine We met at eight I was on time No, you were late Ah yes! I remember it well.
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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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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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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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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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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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I could have danced all night!
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For a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris.
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