There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
ALAN JAY LERNERPull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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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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Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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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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Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.
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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 winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot.
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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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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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I could have danced all night!
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
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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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