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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
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West End
Monmouth County
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Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit.
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Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.
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Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying.
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[On James Gould Cozzens' By Love Possessed:] It is a vast enterprise encompassing all sorts of love, except, naturally, those branches which extend to Jews, Negroes, and people who have lost track of their great-grandparents.
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Age before beauty, and pearls before swine.
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