"The last time I saw Paris, her heart was warm and gay, I heard the laughter of her heart in every street cafÃ©."

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Source : "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (song) (1940)

Oscar Hammerstein II

#Laughter Quotes #Heart Quotes #Gay Quotes

“We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.”
“I think poetry bridges text and image. Poetry is visual in its imagery - but it requires close attention to words themselves. Words become jewels in poetry, while they are often tools in other genres.”

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“I did not create my life, so I have no right to negate my life,”
“I got a story, ain't no moral, I let the bad guy win every now and then.”
“You need space to try things and create. It takes a long time to recalibrate if you let people pull at you all the time. A lot of stress comes from reacting to stuff. You have to keep a certain guard [up], if you're a creative person.”
“Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.”
“I would sooner be robbed by a fan than a company. The fan may be broke and have but one choice. There is no excuse for the way the "songwriter" is robbed by everyone from the record company to the broadcaster, by the pure bottom line, greed. If it continues, sadly, in time, the music will suffer. It takes many many years to learn how to write a song properly. Songwriters will be forced to hit the road in order to make a decent living and, in my opinion, these two careers are related but not compatible.”
“Learning (Shakespeare's plays) ...in school was a bit of a bore.”

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