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Youth has many glories, but judgement is not one of them, and no amount of electronic amplification can turn a belch into an aria.
Alan Jay Lerner
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Alan Jay Lerner
Age: 67 †
Born: 1918
Born: August 31
Died: 1986
Died: June 14
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