Dorothy Parker on city
Dorothy Parker115 quotes“Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.”
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker 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!
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker
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