London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about — Dorothy Parker
London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about — Dorothy Parker
London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about — Dorothy Parker
London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about — Dorothy Parker
London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about — Dorothy Parker
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London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.

— Dorothy Parker
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