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DOROTHY PARKERI don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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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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I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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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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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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