Top 40 Oscar Hammerstein II Quotes
#1. It is a modern tragedy that despair has so many spokesmen, and hope so few.
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#3. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you'll never walk alone, you'll never walk alone.
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#5. What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns.
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#7. 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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#8. I'm not going to run, I'm going to stand here and watch. Every blow will cut into my heart, and tell me who and what you are.
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#9. 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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#10. 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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#11. Sentiment has never been unpopular except with a few sick persons who are made sicker by the sight of a child, a glimpse of a wedding, or the thought of a happy home.
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#12. The number of people who will not go to a show they do not want to see is unlimited.
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#13. 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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#14. Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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#20. Fish got to swim, 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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#30. 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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#32. Ol' man river,
Dat ol' man river
He mus'know sumpin'
But don't say nuthin',
He jes'keeps rollin'
He keeps on rollin' along.
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#33. 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. ~ Oscar Hammerstein
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#34. 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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#37. I ain't sayin' I'm no better than anybody else, but I'll be damned if I ain't just as good!
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#38. You gotta have a dream. If you don't have a dream, how you gonna make a dream come true?
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