| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 26682 |
| QUOTATION: | Its a Barnum and Bailey world, Just as phony as it can be. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | E.Y. Harburg (18981981), U.S. songwriter. Its Only a Paper Moon, The Great Magoo, Harms, Inc. (1933).
Music composed by Harold Arlen (1905-1986); co-lyricist Billy Rose (1899-1966). |
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