Alan Jay Lerner Quotes

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• Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Criticism, Theatre, Coughing

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• You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Writing, Way, Songwriting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Pleasure without joy is as hollow as passion without tenderness.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Passion, Joy, Pleasure

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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.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Judgement, Amplification, Youth

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• On a clear day, rise and look around you, and you'll see who you are.
  On a clear day, how it will astound you
  That the glow of your feelings outshines every star.
  You will follow every mountain, sea and shore,
  You will see from far and near a world you've never seen before.
  On a clear day, on a clear day, you can see forever, and ever, and ever more.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Spiritual, Stars, Sea

  "Song: 'On a Clear Day'". 1965.

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• Stay close to the young... and a little rubs off.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Children, Littles, Young

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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.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Home, Sound, Might

  "Fictional character: Jerry Mulligan". "An American in Paris", 1951.

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

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Character, Faces, Enormous

  "Fictional character: Adam Cook". "An American in Paris", 1951.

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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.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Shining, Moments, Camelot

  "Camelot" (song) (1960)

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• The female sex has no greater fan than I, and I have the bills to prove it.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Sex, Dating, Fans

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• You see what happens today. Women act like men and want to be treated like women.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Women, Want, Today

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• Men die but an idea does not.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Men, Ideas, Doe

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• There's a smile on my face for the whole human race.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Race, Faces, Smile On My Face

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• I could have spread my wings and done a thousand things I've never done before.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Wings, Done, My Fair Lady

  "I Could Have Danced All Night" (song) (1956)

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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; Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Winning, Men, Squares

  'My Fair Lady' (1956) 'A Hymn to Him' (music by Frederick Loewe)

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• Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Air, Sky, Needs

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• Mud can make you prisoner and the plains can make you dry. Snow can burn your eyes but only people make you cry.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Eye, People, Snow

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• 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!.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Morning, Church, Bells

  "Get Me to the Church on Time" (song) (1956)

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• I could have danced all night!

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Night, Ballet, All Night

  "I Could Have Danced All Night" (song) (1956)

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• The winter is forbidden till December, And exits March the second on the dot. By order summer lingers through September In Camelot.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Summer, Winter, Order

  "Camelot" (song) (1960)

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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.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Time, Eight, Nine

  1958 'I Remember it Well', in the musical Gigi (music by Frederick Loewe).

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• There even are places where English completely disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years! Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Children, Writing, Years

  "Why Can't the English?" (song) (1956)

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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.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Daughter, Brother, Stars

  "Fictional character: Jerry Mulligan". "An American in Paris", 1951.

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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. A third took the photographs. Another put the sketches in an exhibition, then into magazines, then in a book.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Book, Costumes, Magazines

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• An Englishmans way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Talking, Way

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