Dorothy Parker - Hand Quotes

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

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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open, and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.

Dorothy Parker

Almost overnight, Dorothy Parker was transformed from a woman of letters into a gin-soaked quote machine, with a martini in one hand and a dagger in the other. p. xiii

Dorothy Parker

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

Dorothy Parker

Van and Schenck put their songs over so skillfully that it isn't until their act is all done that you realize what extremely indifferent songs they are. Now, when John Steel is singing, on the other hand, you are never fooled for a moment.

Dorothy Parker

In short, there is everything about this season's entertainment to make the Hippodrome what it always is—a Temple of the Arts to all those who hang pennants on their automobiles, use Shake hands with my friend as a formula for introduction, and sprinkle powdered sugar on their sliced tomatoes.

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