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Salary is no object: I want on...

Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Authors and actors and artists...

Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

I'd like to have money. And I'...

I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

If you're going to write, don'...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

There must be courage; there m...

There must be courage; there must be no awe. There must be criticism, for humor, to my mind, is encapsulated in criticism. There must be a disciplined eye and a wild mind...There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

There was nothing separate abo...

There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Love is like quicksilver in th...

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Be you wise and never sad, You...

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 if that makes you happy, kid, You'll be the first it ever did.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Now, look, baby, 'Union' is sp...

Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

If you have any young friends ...

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.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Writing well is the best reven...

Writing well is the best revenge.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

And where does she find them?...

And where does she find them?

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

All I need is room enough to l...

All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Oh, both my shoes are shiny ne...

Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922 My life is all like that.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Lady, lady, never start Conver...

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 and shallow as a brook. Be as cool and quick to go As a drop of April snow; Be as delicate and gay As a cherry flower in May. Lady, lady, never speak Of the tears that burn your cheek- She will never win him, whose Words had shown she feared to lose. Be you wise and never sad, You will get your lovely lad. Never serious be, nor true, And your wish will come to you- An

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

It takes me six months to do a...

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 write five words but that I can change seven.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Speech to American Horticultur...

Speech to American Horticultural Society; when challenged to use horticulture in a sentence: You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

The affair between Margot Asqu...

The affair between Margot Asquinth and Margot Asquinth will live as one of the prettiest love stories in all literature.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

If all the young ladies who at...

If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Scratch an actor and you'll fi...

Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....