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Why can't a woman be more like a man? Men are so honest, so thoroughly square Eternally noble, historically fair Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat. Why can't a woman be like that?
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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