Of a performance by Katherine Hepburn:
"She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B."

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Introducing her first husband:
"I want you to meet my little husband."

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Comment

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong,
And I am Marie of Roumania.

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Godspeed

Oh, seek, my love, your newer way;
I'll not be left in sorrow.
So long as I have yesterday,
Go rake your damned tomorrow!

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You know, that woman speaks eighteen languages. And she can't say "No" in any of them.

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John Huston is doing something called, very simply, The Bible. Now you must admit that's a big job. I think he's going to stop with Moses because he can't stand another moment - he is playing Moses, you see.

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Nickname for Alexander Woollcott's New York apartment:
"Wit's End."

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Asked if she knew Hemmingway's age:
"All writers are either 29 or Thomas Hardy."

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Name for a pet parrot:
"Onan" (because he spilled his seed on the bottom of his cage.)

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On being told that someone wouldn't hurt a fly:
"Not if it was buttoned up."

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On writing for films:
"I don't believe the films have anything to do with writing except in a crossword puzzle kind of way. Writing a script is drawing together a lot of ends which can be worked into a moving picture."

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#Quakes at #volcanoes past 24h: #Balut, #Clear Lake, #Coso, #El Hierro, #Gagak, #Gran Canaria
#Kilauea, #Kolumbo, #La Palma, #Ljósufjöll, #Loihi, #Lutao, #Maunaloa, #Ndete Napu, #Paluweh, #Parker, #Poco Leok, #Puracé, #Ruapehu, #Sousaki, #Tacaná, #Taupo, #Tjörnes Fracture Zone

Experience

Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that clears up the matter.

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#Alaska #capsized #Parker #water
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To a friend who asked her if she liked her hair:
"Lovely. I can't wait for mine to go gray so I can have it made blue."

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#assassin #custody #England #murder #Parker #shot
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It's not the tragedies that trick us. It's the messes. I can't stand messes.

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Name of her poodle:
"Cliche."

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Sure, you make Money writing on the coast, and God knows you earn it, but that money is like so much compressed snow. It goes so fast it melts in your hand.

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#Australia #Fraser #General #governor #Hock #Parker #Queen
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