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Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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Monmouth County
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Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying.
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Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you And that cleans up the matter.
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Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for it.
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Money was made, not to command our will, But all our lawful pleasures to fulfill. Shame and woe to us, if we our wealth obey The horse doth with the horseman away.
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It's not the tragedies that kill us it's the messes.
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One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
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The Swiss are a neat and an industrious people, none of whom is under seventy-five years of age.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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But I don't give up I forget why not.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Flowers are heaven's masterpiece.
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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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When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be taken.
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