Eternally noble, historically fair; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can’t a woman be like that?
ALAN JAY LERNERThank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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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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Pull out the stopper! Let’s have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!.
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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There’s a smile on my face for the whole human race.
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You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.
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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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On a clear day, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.
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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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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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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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Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother.
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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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Thank heaven for little girls! For little girls get bigger every day.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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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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On a clear day, how it will astound you That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
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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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I could have danced all night!
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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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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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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
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