Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERYou write a hit the same way you write a flop.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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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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On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
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Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
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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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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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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
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If you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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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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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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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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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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