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First Quotes by Dorothy Parker
- 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…
- It takes me six months to do a story. I think it out and write it sentence by sentence - no first draft. I can't…
- The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
- Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you-- And…
- Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word and look, Swift…
- I regret to say that during the first act of this, I fell so soundly asleep that the gentleman who brought me piled up a…
- It is that word 'hunny,' my darlings, that marks the first place in The House at Pooh Corner at which Tonstant Weader fwowed up.
- I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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