Liz Smith
Liz Smith
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Smithis an American gossip columnist. She is known as "The Grand Dame of Dish"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth2 February 1923
CityFort Worth, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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The greatest of all mistakes is to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
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The marriage didn't work out but the separation is great.
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One of the best parts of growing older? You can flirt all you like since you've become harmless.
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wonderful way to cultivate friendships and give those in Medford a view of the outside world.
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There was no thought on the government's part about who was going to help these people.
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I thought Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were here dancing on black glass floors. And I thought everything was here. My idol, Walter Winchell was here.
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I was introduced to Sean Penn by a very famous Hollywood agent. He said, 'Sean, I'd like you to meet Liz Smith.' And Sean Penn looked at me, turned, ran down the hall and went -- left the building.
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Good gossip is just what's going on. Bad gossip is stuff that is salacious, mean, and bitchy; the kind most people really enjoy.
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He is going to start running my column, or a version of it, in September.
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We took all the technological know-how that we had and took all the things women complained about and married the two.
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The neat thing about (the Teen Center) for those girls is that they both lived in Rio Dell and had mentioned to me how they really appreciated having somewhere to come after school while their parents were still at work.
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If you're at a party, and you say to somebody, 'Isn't it hot outside?' then how interesting are you? But if you say, 'Sit down, I'm going to tell you a story that'll knock your socks off,' they'll never forget you.
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No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!
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Gossip is just news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.