You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
DOROTHY PARKERThere is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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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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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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