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There was a reason for the cost of those perfectly plain black dresses.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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West End
Monmouth County
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Daily dawns another day I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and my feet, Learn a little, here and there, Weep and laugh and sweat and swear, Hear a song, or watch a stage, Leave some words upon a page, Claim a foe, or hail a friend- Bed awaits me at the end.
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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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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.
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I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
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Hollywood is one place in the world where you can die of encouragement.
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