Alan Jay Lerner Quotes
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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It amazes me that talking about traditional values is controversial, but it seems to be.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I bring spiritual books with me while travelling. I like books about thoughts and how you see the world.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
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In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of songwriting is just about over. That's why, whenever I get an opportunity to do an album full of standards, I jump at it because I miss it.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.
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Comedies don't get nominated for Oscars. It doesn't happen. So when we set out to do a movie, it's not what we're thinking about.
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The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
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With a little bit of luck, you'll never work!
