Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
ALAN JAY LERNERIf you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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Why can’t a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
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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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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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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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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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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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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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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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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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