Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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