You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
ALAN JAY LERNERCoughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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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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Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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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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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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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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England still will be here without you.
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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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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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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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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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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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A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
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