Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERThere even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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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 danced all night!
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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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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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
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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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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 a woman be more like a man?
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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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There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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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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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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We 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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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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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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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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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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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, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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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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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother.
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