#cole porter

We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books. ↗

— Mike Stoller

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I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him. ↗

— Gene Tierney

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I saw a very good Hollywood film the other day. It was about Cole Porter. ↗

— Julie Harris

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Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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Cole Porter wrote Anything Goes and four more hits for me. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me. ↗