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.
ALAN JAY LERNERStay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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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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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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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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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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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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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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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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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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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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