I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERRidicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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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.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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