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And I'll stay off Verlaine too...

And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On hearing that President Coo...

[On hearing that President Coolidge was dead:] How can you tell?

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On an actor who'd broken her ...

[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Anthologists are lazy fellows ...

Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Nevil Shute's On the Beach is ...

Nevil Shute's On the Beach is no Christmas carol, but it seems to me a remarkably fine novel, one which I read, in the peculiarly repulsive phrase, with my eyes glued to the page.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

ridicule may be a shield, but ...

ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[At the reception following he...

[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[To the British actor who anno...

[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On being told their loquaciou...

[On being told their loquacious, domineering host was 'outspoken':] By whom?

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

The writer's way is rough and ...

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?

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Upton Sinclair is his own King...

Upton Sinclair is his own King Charles' head. He cannot keep himself out of his writings, try though he may; or, by this time, try though he doesn't.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

Despite his persecutions, Mr. ...

Despite his persecutions, Mr. [Upton] Sinclair reveals himself in Money Writes! to be an enviable man. Always the thing he desires to believe is the thing he feels he knows to be true.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

What writes worse than a Theod...

What writes worse than a Theodore Dreiser? ... Two Theodore Dreisers.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

The nowadays ruling that no wo...

The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. ... Obscenity is too valuable a commodity to chuck around all over the place; it should be taken out of the safe on special occasions only.

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[When asked what was the inspi...

[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On being told party guests we...

[On being told party guests were ducking for apples:] There, but for a typographical error, is the story of my life.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[After she and Clare Boothe Lu...

[After she and Clare Boothe Luce met in a doorway and the latter said, 'Age before beauty':] Pearls before swine.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On being shown an apartment b...

[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.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

[On hearing that Clare Boothe ...

[On hearing that Clare Boothe Luce was invariably kind to her inferiors:] And where does she find them?

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

I was the toast of two contine...

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.

Dorothy Parker 348 quotes

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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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....