Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

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Happy talk,
Keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about t'ings you like to do.
You gotta have a dream;
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

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When she's narrow, she's narrow as an arrow
And she's broad, where a broad, should be broad.

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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.

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June is bustin' out all over
The sheep aren't sleepin' any more!
All the rams that chase the ewe sheep
Are determined there'll be new sheep
And the ewe sheep aren't even keepin' score!

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The hills are alive with the sound of music,
With songs they have sung for a thousand years.
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music,
My heart wants to sing ev'ry song it hears.

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Some enchanted evening,
You may see a stranger,
You may see a stranger,
Across a crowded room.

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I'm gonna wash that man right out of my hair.

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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens,
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens,
Brown paper packages tied up with strings—
These are a few of my favorite things.

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Oklahoma,
Where the wind comes sweeping' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat
Can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.

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Oh, what a beautiful mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin'
Everything's going my way.

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Tote dat barge!
Lif' dat bale!
Git a little drunk,
An' you land in jail.
Ah gits weary An' sick of tryin'
Ah'm tired of livin'
An' skeered of dyin',
But Ol' Man River,
He jes' keeps rollin' along.

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Ol' Man River He just keeps rollin' along.

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Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City.
They've gone about as fur as they c'n go!

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I'm as corny as Kansas in August
I'm as normal as blueberry pie…
…High as a flag on the fourth of July.

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If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

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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.

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Climb every mountain, ford every stream
Follow every rainbow, till you find your dream!

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You've got to be taught
Before it's too late
Before you are six, or seven, or eight
To hate all the people your relatives hate
You've got to be carefully taught.

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Ol' man river, dat ol' man river,
He must know sumpin', but don't say nothin',
He jus' keeps rollin',
He jus' keeps rollin' along.

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Fish got to swim and 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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The corn is as high as an elephant's eye,
An' it looks like it's climbin' clear up to the sky.

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Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone.

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When you walk through the storm, hold your head high
And don't be afraid of the dark!
At the end of the storm is a golden sky
And the sweet song of the lark.
Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed & blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone!

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