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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
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[On Katharine Hepburn's stage performance:] She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B.
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When I was young and bold and strong, The right was right, the wrong was wrong. With plume on high and flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world. But now I’m old - and good and bad, Are woven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say the world is so, And wise is s/he who lets it go.
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They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.
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Age before beauty, and pearls before swine.
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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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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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It's not the tragedies that kill us it's the messes.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.
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[Completely bored by a country weekend, wiring to a friend:] For heaven's sake, rush me a loaf of bread, enclosing saw and file.
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Upton Sinclair is his own King Charles' head. He cannot keep himself out of his writings, try though he may or, by this time, try though he doesn't.
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I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy.
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