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- From: art@world.std.com (Al Thompson)
- Subject: Re: Dorothy Parker
- In-Reply-To: christen@astro.ocis.temple.edu's message of 31 Dec 92 02:08:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <ART.93Jan2122751@world.std.com>
- Sender: art@world.std.com (Al Thompson)
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1992Dec30.212451.3094@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- <1992Dec31.020828.15210@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 17:27:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec31.020828.15210@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> christen@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Carl Christensen) writes:
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- One of my favorite DP quotes was given as a challenge to use the word
- 'horticulture' in a sentence:
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- "You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think."
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- Also, I like this reply to her editor who was bugging her for
- her belated work while she was on her honeymoon:
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- "Too fucking busy, and vice versa."
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- Parker and Clare Booth Luce arrived simultaneously at the front door of a
- New York hotel. Luce opened the door for Parker and said, "Age before
- beauty."
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- Parker swirled through the door, turned and said, "Pearls before swine."
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