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The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.

Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady · 1964

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1964

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Eliza Doolittle

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My Fair Lady. Directed by George Cukor. Warner Bros., 1964.

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