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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Screenwriter
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West End
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
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Dottie Rothschild
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