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Her big heart did not, as is so sadly often the case, inhabit a big bosom.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose.
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[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.
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