Pickering, why can't a woman be more like a man? — Professor Henry Higgins · Skopia

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Pickering, why can't a woman be more like a man?

Professor Henry Higgins

My Fair Lady · 1964

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"A Hymn to Him." My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cuko, performed by Rex Smith, Warner Bros., 1964.

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