Irving Berlin Quotes
An American composer and lyricist.
(1888 - 1889)
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A patriotic song is an emotion and you must not embarrass an audience with it, or they will hate your guts.
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After you get what you want you don't want it.
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All good song-writers have no more than half a dozen good tunes in their systems, and if they have that many, they are liberally blessed.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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I got lost but look what I found.
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Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
[Life]
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Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies.
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Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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Talent is only the starting point.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.
[Success]
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There is an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.
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There's no business like show business.
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There's no people like show people.
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You're not sick you're just in love.
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