Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERThe best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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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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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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