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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.

Dorothy Parker

The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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Clean Professional Way Writing
Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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Genius Material Talent Writing
Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Death God
Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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Beyond Live Wild
Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Acceptance Leaving Myself
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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Excitement Fortune Irritation
But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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Forget Give Up Inspirational Myself One Liner
Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Appreciate Audience Goodness Intelligence Myself Praise Talk
I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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Money Myself Wealth
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Appearance Girl Man Wear
The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Food Forever People
There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Around Charm Done Stop
Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Bad Death Feeling Myself Time
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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Entertainment Fun Goodness Myself
Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
DOROTHY PARKER

Break Friendship Time
His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
DOROTHY PARKER

Bed Himself Voice

Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.

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