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Fran Lebowitz Inspirational Quotes (209)

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Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement-mixer long after one's own interest in the topic has waned.
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Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have ever been happy to see soybeans.
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Marriage entitles women to the protection of a strong man who will steady the stepladder while they paint the kitchen ceiling.
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Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.
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Most writers write too much. I have the exact opposite problem. I feel I could write almost anything in a paragraph. I have a natural ability to condense, and so I often think, Are you kidding me? Five thousand words? How am I gonna make 5,000 words out of that?
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There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society.
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I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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Writing is so hard. Why would you be a writer if you weren't really good at it? If you could be anything else, why would you be a writer?
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It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others.
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Middle class was defined by having certain values and only a certain amount of money. But this new middle class seems to have absolutely no values and an unlimited amount of money.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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In New York we have zillions of different kinds of people, many of them hate each other, but violence based on that hatred is really uncommon here.
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I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.
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For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.
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Abandon the search for Truth settle for a good fantasy
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To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel.
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I do not believe in God. I believe in cashmere.
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It's very important when making a friend to check and see if they have a private plane. People think a good personality trait in a friend is kindness or a sense of humor. No, in a friend a good personality trait is a Gulfstream.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.
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If you read a lot, nothing is as great as you've imagined. Venice is - Venice is better.
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Will power is not telling anybody you quit smoking.
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