The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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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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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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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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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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!
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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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