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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
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West End
Monmouth County
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Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
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[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
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