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Quotes by Lyricist

"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!"

"You know you haven't stopped talking since I came here? You must have been vaccinated with a phonograph needle!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

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"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"

"I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

28

"I'll see you in my dreams."

"I'll see you in my dreams."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

23

"Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!"

"Don't look now but there's one man too many in this room and I think it's you!"

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

22

"Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half."

"Painters of paintings, writers of books, never could tell the half."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

21

"I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else."

"I'd rather be lonely than happy with somebody else."

Gus Kahn, American Lyricist

Loneliness, Lonely

20

"Unrequited love's a bore."

"Unrequited love's a bore."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

20

"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."

"I'll see you at the theater tonight. I'll hold your seat til you get there. After that you're on your own."

Bert Kalmar, American Lyricist

Theatre, Theater

19

"Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true."

"Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

18

"How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering."

"How we love sequestering, where no pests are pestering."

Lorenz Hart, American Lyricist

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