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.
ALAN JAY LERNERPleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.
More Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.
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I’m getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime.
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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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Men die but an idea does not.
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You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
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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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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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Stay close to the young… and a little rubs off.
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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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England still will be here without you.
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Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?
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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 spread my wings and done a thousand things I’ve never done before.
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By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.
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