Alan Jay Lerner Quotes

I'm getting married in the morning! / Ding dong! The bells are gonna chime. / Pull out the stopper! Let's have a whopper! / But get me to the church on time!

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An Englishman's 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; / Eternally noble, historically fair.

man men fair woman honest noble

You're an egghead with two yolks.

Men die but an idea does not.

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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. Just look at it, no wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter.

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It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

character

With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!

luck work