I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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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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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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