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No thesaurus can give you those words, no rhyming dictionary. They must happen out of you.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Dictionary Give Happen Must Out Rhyming Thesaurus Those Words You

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The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Enough Homemaker Man Mother Our Society Wife Woman

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We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Accumulate Cry Grandmother Help Hopefully Lot Many Our Over Really Right Things Want Years

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Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Because Expression Feel Need Write You

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There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Accountants Careers Doctors Enough Lady Lawyers More Reason Same Songwriters Time Women

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The songwriter mustn't fall in love with his own song. If it doesn't belong, he can't push it into a show. Let him save it; maybe it'll fit in another show.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Another Belong Fall Fit He Him His Love Maybe Own Push Save Show Song Songwriter

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My father assigned me to keep his scrapbooks. At first I was interested in reading only his rave notices, but I got interested in reading what the critics were saying about whether the play was good or not.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: About Assigned Critics Father First Good Got His Interested Keep Me Notices Only Play Rave Reading Saying Were Whether

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Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Crazy Create Doing Easier Hit Keep Make Money Purpose Specific Strictly Times Trying Tune Ways Write You

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In a show or a movie, one must work with many people. Many women just don't have the time for it.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Just Many Movie Must People Show Time Women Work

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If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

~Dorothy Fields

Topics: Audience Hold Show Story Successful Will You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: July 15th, 1905

Died: March 28th, 1974

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