Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes

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• 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.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Morning

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• 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!

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  Love, Song, Heart

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• There is a very real relationship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of this world.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Kindness

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• It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few.

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  Tragedy, Despair, Modern

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• You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?

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  Music, Dream, Jazz

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• If you really believe in the brotherhood of man, and you want to come into its fold, you've got to let everyone else in, too.

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  Believe, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

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• Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart.

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  Courage, Heart, Walking Alone

  "You'll Never Walk Alone" (song) (1945)

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

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  Music, Teacher, Taught

  "Song: 'Getting to Know You'". "The King and I". Musical by Oscar Hammerstein II, 1956.

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• Why you were born and why you are living depend entirely on what you are getting out of this world and what you are giving to it. I cannot prove that this is a balance of mathematical perfection, but my own observation of life leads me to the conclusion that there is a very real friendship, both quantitatively and qualitatively, between what you contribute and what you get out of life.

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  Real, Giving, Perfection

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• 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.

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  Peace, Work, Ubuntu

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• Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• 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.

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  Dog, Feelings, Feeling Sad

  "My Favorite Things" (song) (1959)

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

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  Hope, Heart, Walking Alone

  "You'll Never Walk Alone" (song) (1945)

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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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  Eye, People, Tolerance

  "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" (song) (1949)

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• You've got to be taught to hate and fear.

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  Hate, Hate And Fear, Taught

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• Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.

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  Stars, Young Love, Bravery

  Song: Hello, Young Lovers

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• The hills are alive with the sound of music, with songs they have sung for a thousand years.

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  Music, Song, Years

  "The Sound of Music" (song) (1959)

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• I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm.

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  Restless, Restlessness

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• 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?

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  Beautiful, Dream, Sweet

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• The dearest things I know are what you are.

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  Knows

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• For when I fool the people I fear, I fool myself as well.

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  Courage, People, Fool

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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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  Laughter, Heart, Gay

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

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• You can have fun with a son, But you got to be a father to a girl.

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  Girl, Mom, Daughter

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

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  May, Rooms, Evening

  "Some Enchanted Evening" (song) (1949)

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• Berlin's great secret is that he says exactly what he means; sometimes he hits a gigantic line both musically and lyrically -- almost Wagnerian in its strength.

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  Mean, Secret, Lines

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