Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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The Doobie Brothers are one of my favorites of all time.
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These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.
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In a play, the director is God, and I'm a great arguer. Rather boringly so, I think, about trying different things.
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I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.
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As I see it, a green salad is an open invitation to carrots, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and the sprouts that grow in jars on my kitchen counter.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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My father was an accountant and his father was a typographer.
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'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'
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I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing.
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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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If you give me any problem in America I can trace it down to domestic violence. It is the cradle of most of the problems, economic, psychological, educational.
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As a woman, and as a working mom trying to get things done, you find yourself meeting adversity a lot, but you never talk about it because you don't want to bring attention to it. You don't want to go there.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
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Be mobile at all times, even if it causes you suffering or feelings of loneliness. Unless you're willing to do that, you're never going to get the bigger rewards.
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I did 14 movies in six years, I had a cartoon TV show, and I don't want to do that again. I just want to make unique pieces of art. That's why I quit everything when I was 14 and sat around for eight years before I did another movie.
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Attention spans are short. Like, eight seconds short. That's why it's necessary to grab people's attention immediately.
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'Hang on a second-you already have my old laptop. Why do you want my new drives so badly?''Because my contract says I have to write a book, and it's much easier just to steal your life than to make something up.'
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If you don't take a chance-you won't have a chance.
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Why can't a woman be more like a man?
