England still will be here without you.
ALAN JAY LERNERWe 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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Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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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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It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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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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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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The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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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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There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven’t used it for years!
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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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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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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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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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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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A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.
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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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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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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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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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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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If you can’t paint in Paris, you’d better give up and marry the boss’s daughter.
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