“I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.”
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960) American librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
On his partnership with Richard Rodgers, widely quoted, for example in Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II, 2007-12-12, 2004 http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/rodgers_hammerstein.html,
George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 18, On the Use of Money in Politics
Gregor Strasser (1892–1934) German politician, rival of Adolf Hitler inside the Nazi Psrty
About Adolf Hitler as quoted in "Diary of a Man in Despair", Fritz Percy Reck-Malleczewen - History (1970) p. 95.
“Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.”
Chaim Potok book My Name Is Asher Lev
Source: My Name Is Asher Lev
Robert A. Heinlein book By His Bootstraps
By His Bootstraps (p. 257)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.”
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) English poet and soldier (1893-1918)
The Dead-Beat
Context: p>We sent him down at last, out of the way.
Unwounded; — stout lad, too, before that strafe.
Malingering? Stretcher-bearers winked, 'Not half!' Next day I heard the Doc.'s well-whiskied laugh:
'That scum you sent last night soon died. Hooray!' </p
P. L. Travers (1899–1996) Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist
"The World of the Hero" (1976)
