It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
ALAN JAY LERNERAll 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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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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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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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, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.
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A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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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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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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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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There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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England still will be here without you.
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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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