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Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

Dorothy Parker: I don't know...

I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.

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Dorothy Parker: Every year, back...

Dorothy Parker: Every year, back...

Every year, back come Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with...

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Dorothy Parker: There must be...

Dorothy Parker: There must be...

There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in...

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Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Lady Marguerite Blessington: Wit lives in...

Wit lives in the present, but genius survives the future.

Source: In And I Quote,...

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Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

Gail Hamilton: What's virtue in...

What's virtue in man can't be virtue in a cat.

Source: Both Sides.
-- Gail...

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Susan Sontag: Real art has...

Susan Sontag: Real art has...

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.

Source: Against Interpretation,...

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Grace Hansen: A wedding is...

Grace Hansen: A wedding is...

A wedding is just like a funeral except that you get to smell your own flowers.

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Judith Jamison: I felt the...

Judith Jamison: I felt the...

I felt the naivete of a child in my dancing. I cherished that feeling. I had what I call a knowledgeable naivete, and...

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Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

Ethel Barrymore: That's all there...

That's all there is, there isn't any more.

Source: Curtain call, 1904.
-- Ethel...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I became active...

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which...

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Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

Helen Gahagan Douglas: I never felt...

I never felt I left the stage.

Source: On being a politician; Center Stage,...

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Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

Emily Dickinson: The abdication of...

The abdication of Belief
Makes the Behavior small --
Better an ignis fatuus
Than no illume at...

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Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Emily Dickinson: Remorse --is Memory...

Remorse --is Memory --awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window --and at...

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Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

Alice Duer Miller: People love to...

People love to talk but hate to listen. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every...

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P D James: His sleep was...

P D James: His sleep was...

His sleep was a sensuous gluttony of oblivion.

Source: Death of an Expert Witness,...

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Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I...

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Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Grace Metalious: Didn't you ever...

Didn't you ever notice how it's always people who wish they had somethin' or had done somethin' that hate the...

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Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

I'm a lousy writer; a helluva lot of people have got lousy taste.

Source: In W.O.W....

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Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

Francoise Sagan: The one thing...

The one thing I regret is that I will never have time to read all the books I want to...

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Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Margaret Atwood: Never pray for...

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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