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She can sit up and beg, and she can give her paw — I don't say she will, but she can.

Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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Literary Critic
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Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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