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The House Beautiful is the play lousy.
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
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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Daily dawns another day I must up, to make my way. Though I dress and drink and eat, Move my fingers and my feet, Learn a little, here and there, Weep and laugh and sweat and swear, Hear a song, or watch a stage, Leave some words upon a page, Claim a foe, or hail a friend- Bed awaits me at the end.
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This play John Drinkwater's Abraham Lincoln holds the season's record, thus far, with a run of four evening performances and one matinee. By an odd coincidence, it ran just five performances too many.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy Parker
...as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will erase ink.
Dorothy Parker
I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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The ones I like are ‘cheque’ and ‘enclosed.’
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If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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Money is only congealed snow.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
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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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Flowers are heaven's masterpiece.
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[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.
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Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? A: You can't hear an enzyme.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Newton's Fourth Law: Every action has an equal and opposite satisfaction.
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Out in Hollywood, where the streets are paved with Goldwyn.
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I shudder at the thought of men.... I'm due to fall in love again
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