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New York, New York,—a helluva town,
The Bronx is up but the Battery's down,
And people ride in a hole in the ground.


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Now you must wake up,
All dreams must end.
Take off your makeup,
The party's over,
It's all over,
My friend.


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The party's over, it's time to call it a day.

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You couldn't even read the Gettysburg Address.
So who cares anyway where Gettysburg lived?


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Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.

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Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. You are looking into a predator's eyes. Most predators have eyes set right on the front of their heads, so they can use binocular vision to sight and track their prey.
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Betty Comden

Betty Comden
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Born: May 3, 1917
Died: November 23, 2006 (aged 89)
Bio: Betty Comden was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century.
Known for:
  1. On the Town (1944)
  2. Bells Are Ringing (1957)
  3. On the Twentieth Century (1980)
  4. A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958)
  5. Applause (1970)

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