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When you have to apologize, it is well, I suppose, to get the thing over quickly.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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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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Then she told herself to stop her nonsense. If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them, more easily each time, so easily, soon, that you did not even realize you had gone out searching. Women alone often developed into experts at the practice. She must never join their dismal league.
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My own dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled - Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world - And I wish I'd never met him.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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Hollywood is one place in the world where you can die of encouragement.
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Flowers are heaven's masterpiece.
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I don't want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading.
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Some men break your heart in two, Some men fawn and flatter, Some men never look at you And that cleans up the matter.
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