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Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

«Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you? Am I making believe I see in you, a woman too perfect to be really true? Do I want you because you're wonderful, or are you wonderful because I want you? Are you the sweet invention of a lover's dream, or are you really as beautiful as you seem?»
«Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?»
«A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it A song's not a song 'til you sing it Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay Love isn't love 'til you give it away!»
«It's a very ancient saying, But a true and honest thought, That if you become a teacher, By your pupils you'll be taught»
«I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.»
«Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart; and you'll never walk alone; you'll never walk alone»
«Peace is not the product of a victory or a command. It has no finishing line, no final deadline, no fixed definition of achievement. Peace is a never-ending process, the work of many decisions.»
«Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons; Wise men never try»
«When the dog bites, when the bee stings When I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things, And then I don't feel so bad»
«All the sounds of the earth are like music»