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You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
West End
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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Women
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Think
Algonquins
Thinking
Horticulture
Pun
Gardening

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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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