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Writing well is the best revenge.

Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble.
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She was pleased to have him come and never sorry to see him go.
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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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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Art is a form of catharsis emotional release, purging, cleansing, purifying.
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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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