Oscar Hammerstein II quotes
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“I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.”
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“There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.”
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“If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in, too.”
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“Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?”
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“A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!”
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“You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?”
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“It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few.”
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“Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : Song: Hello, Young Lovers
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“Hello, Young Lovers, Wherever You Are.”
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“I'd let my golden chances pass me by.”
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“Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "You'll Never Walk Alone" (song) (1945)
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“I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.”
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“Oklahoma Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain.”
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“For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.”
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“The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.”
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“Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.”
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“Fish got to swim, birds got to fly.”
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“The dearest things I know are what you are.”
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“Fish got to swim, birds got to fly I got to love one man till I die Can't help lovin' dat man of mine.”
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“Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.”
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“You've got to be taught to hate and fear.”
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“The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street café.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (song) (1940)
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“If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "Song: 'Getting to Know You'". "The King and I". Musical by Oscar Hammerstein II, 1956.
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“You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, Of people whose skin is a different shade. You've got to be carefully taught.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (song) (1949)
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“You can have fun with a son, But you got to be a father to a girl.”
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“Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone.”
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“Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you? Am I making believe I see in you, a woman too perfect to be really true? Do I want you because you're wonderful, or are you wonderful because I want you? Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream, or are you really as beautiful as you seem?”
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“I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.”
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“When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don't feel so bad.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "My Favorite Things" (song) (1959)
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“Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.”
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“Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.”
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“Why you were born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving to it. I cannot prove that this is a balance of mathematical perfection, but my own observation of life leads me to the conclusion that there is a very real friendship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of life.”
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“Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger Across a crowded room.”
-- Oscar Hammerstein IISource : "Some Enchanted Evening" (song) (1949)
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“These are a few of my favorite things.”
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