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 LERNERMen die but an idea does not.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
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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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England still will be here without you.
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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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It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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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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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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Pull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.
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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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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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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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Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
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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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