There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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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It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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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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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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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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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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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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You will follow every mountain, sea and shore, You will see from far and near a world you’ve never seen before.
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Men die but an idea does not.
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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.
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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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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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On a clear day, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.
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