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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
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Monmouth County
New Jersey
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Dot Rothschild
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Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Daily dawns another day I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and my feet, Learn a little, here and there, Weep and laugh and sweat and swear, Hear a song, or watch a stage, Leave some words upon a page, Claim a foe, or hail a friend- Bed awaits me at the end.
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