Frank Loesser quotes
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“Luck, be a lady tonight.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Title of song (1950)
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“I hear music Mighty fine music, The murmur of a morning breeze up there The rattle of the milkman on the stair Sure that's music...”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“Oh! to be loved by a man I respect, To bask in the glow of his perfectly understandable neglect.”
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“A secretary is not a thing Wound by key, pulled by string. Her pad is to write in, And not spend the night in, If that's what you plan to enjoy.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“What I really have a sense of dismay about is that there is a center of anything. I think maybe Cleveland can use one. Also possibly Los Angeles needs informed cultural guidance and a place to go get it. But not New York. New York is a center, a world's fair, and a den of thieves, and a house of miracles.”
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“You dogs are smart enough to know that worry is something you do with a bone, and let it got at that. Even Pavlov couldn't do any more than prove that your brain is in your gut--something that you knew all along.”
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“Me, I'm complicated. But it's a living, I tell myself. Also, every once in a long while this disease manages to produce a fine and beautiful truth--as (they say) some oyster illness makes the wondrously perfect pearl.”
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“How beautiful the days, They come and go.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“A secretary is not a toy.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
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“When you see a guy reach for stars in the sky You can bet that he's doing it for some doll.”
-- Frank LoesserSource : Frank Loesser (1982). “The Guys and dolls book”
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“Brother, do you know a nicer occupation, Matter of fact, neither do I, Than standing on the corner Watching all the girls go by?”
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“I string sounds together. But to string them I have to remember a bunch of old ones I heard somewhere and then juggle them into a new rhythm and shape.”
-- Frank Loesser
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