Dorothy Parker on language
Dorothy Parker115 quotes“That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.”
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker 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!
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker
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