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Every Word She Writes Is a Lie, Including “And” and “The”
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“It’s too caustic.”“To hell with the cost.”
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Cocaine Isn’t Habit-Forming. I Should Know. I’ve Been Using It for Years
Tallulah Bankhead? Lillian Hellman? Dashiell Hammett? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The most obtuse quotation I know of was uttered by the actress Tallulah Bankhead whose erratic behavior caused...
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Every Word She Writes Is a Lie, Including “And” and “The”
Mary McCarthy? Lillian Hellman? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The funniest caustic condemnation of a prevaricator that I have ever heard was delivered by the novelist and critic Mary McCarthy....
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