But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
DOROTHY PARKERBut I don’t give up; I forget why not.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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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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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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