Men die but an idea does not.
ALAN JAY LERNERFor 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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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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I could have danced all night!
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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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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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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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On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you’ll see who you are.
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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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Why can’t a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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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’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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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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