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"Nine or 10 generations have grown up since then."
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"Naturally, they don't remember you. Nobody's got that good a memory."
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"Why not? Many generations remembered my father and mother in vaudeville."
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"That's because they were real troupers. They stayed with it."
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"Your father could do a buck-and-wing when he was 60 years old."
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"- What makes you think I can't? - I'd hate to see you try it."
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"Your father never sat around an orchard listening to his arteries hardening."
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"- Nothing the matter with my arteries. - No, not right now..."
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"...because those kids got you all worked up."
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"You're picking on me for a reason, Mary."
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"You're trying to get a rise out of me. Come on, let's have it. What is it?"
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"All right. Here it is."
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"I got a long-distance call from Sam Harris this afternoon."
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"What about?"
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"He's producing a new show by Kaufman and Hart."
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"They're good writers. Nothing I could do to improve their stuff."
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"Sam thinks you could, if you played the lead."
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"Play the lead? Now, what is the matter with that man?"
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"Hasn't he got any sense at all? What's he trying to do, spoil our fun?"
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"But are you having fun, George?"
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"When we were in Europe, you haunted every theater..."
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"...not knowing a word that was said onstage."
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"Going back, congratulating the actors..."
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"They didn't even know what you were talking about."
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"...Just to smell that greasepaint again."
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"You think I'm stagestruck."
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"The only reason I ever go near a theater is to get out of the night air."
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"Fun? I'm having a wonderful time."
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"I have nothing to do with Broadway."
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"Sam says it's a great part, no other actor in the world but you could do it."
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"That's just some more of that Harris con."
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"He needs me about as much as he needs a hole in the head."
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"He really does need you, George. He's in trouble."
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"If positions were reversed, he'd help you out. You know he would."
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"Besides, he never said so, but Sam's broke."
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"Can you think of any more reasons?"
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"Yes. I want you to."
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"Well, that settled it."
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"I've never refused you anything, have I?"
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"We do it. Come on, let's get packing."
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"We're all packed."
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"What?"
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"We're all packed, dear."
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"Now you can start getting mad all over again..."
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"...because I told Sam I'd talk you into it."
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"What are you laughing about?"
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"Just full of news, aren't you? Telling me all kinds of things, huh?"
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"Well, I want you to know I knew it all the time."
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"I was listening in on the phone downstairs while you were talking to Sam."
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"Why, you devil. You knew it all the time!"
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"And what's more, I phoned Sam right back and told him I'd play it."
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"Oh, I ought to pop you."
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"- You... You... - Heh-heh-heh. Oh!"
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"- Oh. - Oh."
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"It's really a wonderful job"
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"For fellows like George, Abe and me too"
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"It's great to shake hands with a mob"
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"And to hold every kid on your knee too"
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"Every word that I speak Goes into headlines"
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"When I speak All the papers hold their deadlines"
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"But I have found a way Of dropping a hint"
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"Or a glint of the truth That the boys cannot print"
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"For instance"
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"For instance"
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"When I was courting Eleanor"
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"I told her Uncle Teddy I wouldn't run for president"
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"Unless the job was steady"
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"Don't print it Strictly off the record"
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"We entertained the royalty But we were never flustered"
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"We gave them Yankee hot dogs With Colman's English Mustard"
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"Don't print it Strictly off the record"
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"It's pleasant at the White House But I'll tell you how I feel"
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"The food is simply terrible Just sauerkraut and veal"
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"If Mrs. R. would stay at home I'd get a decent meal"
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"But that's off the record"
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"When I go up to Hyde Park"
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"It's not for just the ride there"
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"It's not that I like Hyde Park"
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"But I love to park and hide there"
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"Don't print it It's strictly off the record"
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"I sit up in my study Writing gags for Mr. Ickes"
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"And insults for the gentlemen"
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"Who'd love to slip him Mickeys"
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"Don't print that Off the record"
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"I scrapped the Prohibition Act When we required a bracer"
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"And finished up the Boulder Dam To give the boys a chaser"
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"Don't print it It's strictly off the record"
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"And for my friends in Washington Who complain about the taxes"
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"Who cares as long as we can knock The ax out of the Axis?"
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"Don't print it It's strictly off the record"
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"I can't forget how Lafayette Helped give us our first chance"
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"To win our fight for liberty And now they've taken France"
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"We'll take it back from Hitler And put ants in his Ja-pants"
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"And that's for the record"
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"Good work, kids. I'll see you at 11 in the morning."
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"And then came your wire, and I was really worried."
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"Well, here I am going on like Tennyson's book, giving you the story of my life."
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"I'm sorry. You should've stopped me."
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"Why, I wanted to hear the story of your life."
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"It has a direct bearing on my sending for you."
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"Do you know what this is?"
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"The Congressional Medal of Honor."
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"Let's see what the inscription says."
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"I congratulate you, Mr. Cohan."
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"I understand you're the first person of your profession to receive this honor."
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"You should be very proud."
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"Oh, I am proud."
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"In fact, I'm flabbergasted."
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"First time in my life, I'm speechless."
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"Uh... You're sure there isn't some mistake?"
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"Quite sure."
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"This medal is for people who've given their lives for their country or done something big."
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"I'm just a song-and-dance man. Everybody knows that."
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"A man may give his life to his country in many different ways, Mr. Cohan."
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"And quite often, he isn't the best judge of how much he has given."
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"Your songs were a symbol of the American spirit."
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""Over There" was just as powerful a weapon as any cannon..."
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"...as any battleship we had in the first World War."
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"Today, we're all soldiers. We're all on the front."
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"We need more songs to express America."
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