In matters of self-control as we shall see again and again, speed kills. But a little friction really can save lives.

Dorothy Parker

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Dorothy Parker (née Rothschild; August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, wit, and satirist based in New York; she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.

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