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Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
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'm never going to accomplish anything that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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Where's the man could ease a heart Like a satin gown?
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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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I hate almost all rich people, but I think Iād be darling at it.
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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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His books are exciting and powerful and ā if I may filch the word from the booksy ones ā pulsing.
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I wanted to be cute. That's the terrible thing. I should have had more sense.
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If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by ten, I may get back my looks again. If I abstain from fun and such, I'll probably amount to much But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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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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At birth the Devil touched my tongue.
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