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Dorothy Parker Quotes: I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
         

I know that there are things that never have been funny, and never will be. And I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.


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