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Comedies of manners swiftly become obsolete when there are no longer any manners.
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Fifty-four years of love and tenderness and crossness and devotion and unswerving loyalty. Without her I could have achieved a quarter of what I have achieved, not only in terms of success and career, but in terms of personal happiness.
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But why, oh why, do the wrong people travel, when the right people stay at home?
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I want a horse and plough, Chickens too, Just one cow, With a wistful moo.
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Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son.
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Here ends the story of a ship, but there will always be other ships, for we are an island race. Through all our centuries, the sea has ruled our destiny. There will always be other ships and men to sail in them. It is these men, in peace or war, to whom we owe so much. Above all victories, beyond all loss, in spite of changing values in a changing world, they give to us, their countrymen, eternal and indomitable pride.
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On being asked by a child what two mating dogs were doing:
The doggie in front has suddenly gone blind and the other one has very kindly offered to push him all the way to St Dunstan's.
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One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
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Tho' the pipes that supply the bathroom burst
And the lavatory makes you fear the worst,
It was used by Charles the First
Quite informally,
And later by George the Fourth
On a journey North.
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Elyot:
I met her on a house party in Norfolk.
Amanda:
Very flat, Norfolk.
Elyot:
There's no need to be unpleasant.
Amanda:
That was no reflection on her, unless of course she made it flatter.
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I believe we should all behave quite differently if we lived in a warm, sunny climate all the time.
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Edith Sitwell, in that great Risorgimento cape of hers, looks as though she were covering a teapot or a telephone.
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You kissed me because you were awfully nice and I was awfully nice and we both liked kissing very much. It was inevitable.
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I'm not very keen on Hollywood. I'd rather have a nice cup of cocoa really.
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I read the Times and if my name is not in the obits I proceed to enjoy the day.
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But I believe that since my life began The most I've had is just A talent to amuse.
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Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
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In London, at the Café de Paris, I sang to café society; in Las Vegas, at the Desert Inn, I sang to Nescafé society.
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It seems such a shame
When the English claim
The Earth,
That they give rise
To such hilarity
And mirth.
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London Pride has been handed down to us.
London Pride is a flower that's free.
London Pride means our own dear town to us,
And our pride it for ever will be.
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Learn the lines and don't bump into the furniture.
Instructions to young actors
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How foolish to think that one can ever slam the door in the face of age. Much wiser to be polite and gracious and ask him to lunch in advance.
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There's sand in the porridge and sand in the bed,
And if this is pleasure we'd rather be dead.
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I will accept anything in the theatre... provided it amuses or moves me. But if it does neither, I want to go home.
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Don't put your daughter on the stage, Mrs. Worthington
Don't put your daughter on the stage
The profession is overcrowded
And the struggle's pretty tough
And admitting the fact she's burning to act
That isn't quite enough
She's a big girl and though her teeth are fairly good
She's not the type I ever would be eager to engage
I repeat, Mrs. Worthington, sweet Mrs. Worthington
Don't put your daughter on the stage.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Faith Baldwin
Noël Coward
Born:
December 16, 1899
Died:
March 26, 1973
(aged 73)
Bio:
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".
Known for:
Blithe Spirit (1941)
Private Lives (1930)
Hay Fever (1925)
Present Laughter (1943)
Design for Living (1933)
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