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Art is a form of catharsis.
Arts and Artists
Dorothy Parker

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Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
Dress
Dorothy Parker

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Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
Parties
Dorothy Parker

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Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
Pregnancy
Dorothy Parker

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Gratitude -- the meanest and most sniveling attribute in the world.
Gratitude
Dorothy Parker

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Hollywood money isn't money. It's congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there you are.
Hollywood
Dorothy Parker

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I don't care what anybody says about me as long as it isn't true.
Gossip
Dorothy Parker

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I require three things in a man. He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.
Men
Dorothy Parker

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I shall stay the way I am because I do not give a damn.
Apathy
Dorothy Parker

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It's not the tragedies that kill us, it's the messes.
Tragedies
Dorothy Parker

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Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
Lovers
Dorothy Parker

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She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Acting and Actors
Dorothy Parker

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Sorrow is tranquility remembered in emotion.
Sorrow
Dorothy Parker

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The two most beautiful words in the English language are: Check Enclosed.
Words
Dorothy Parker

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They sicken at the calm that know the storm.
Adversity
Dorothy Parker

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This book is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
Books - Reading
Dorothy Parker

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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
Critics and Criticism
Dorothy Parker

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Where's the man could ease a heart, like a satin gown?
Dress
Dorothy Parker

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Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Wit
Dorothy Parker

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Work is the province of cattle.
Work
Dorothy Parker

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You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think.
Leaders and Leadership
Dorothy Parker

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun