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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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She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose.
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Dear Mary: We all knew you had it in you.
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