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    Dorothy Parker
    “I hate writing, I love having written.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #2
    Frances Pauli
    “Good wine, fine chocolate and dangerous men! ”
    Frances Pauli

  • #3
    Abraham H. Maslow
    “To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating,
    approving or disapproving, without dueling with what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all -- such listening is rare.”
    Abraham Maslow

  • #4
    Dorothy Parker
    “I don't know much about being a millionaire, but I'll bet I'd be darling at it.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #5
    Dorothy Parker
    Résumé
    Razors pain you,
    Rivers are damp,
    Acids stain you,
    And drugs cause cramp.
    Guns aren't lawful,
    Nooses give,
    Gas smells awful.
    You might as well live.”
    Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope

  • #6
    Dorothy Parker
    “Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #7
    Dorothy Parker
    “You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”
    Dorothy Parker, You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker

  • #8
    Dorothy Parker
    “Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.”
    Dorothy Parker

  • #9
    If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor
    “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

  • #10
    Dorothy Parker
    “Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!”
    Dorothy Parker



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