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Fran Lebowitz Inspirational Quotes (209)

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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
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Sleep is death without the responsibility.
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I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.
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I have the exact opposite problem of every writer I've ever met: Every writer I've ever met writes things that are too long, and they have to edit them down.
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When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid it wouldn't crash. I was just afraid it was going to circle O'Hare for the rest of my life.
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I always make a big effort to make a distinction between what is actually worse or what is just worse about not being 21. Of course, it's much worse not to be 21. This is a given. But there are things that are worse.
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I woke up at five o'clock in the morning with the whole first paragraph in my head. Now, this just shows what a slothful person I am: I tried to go back to sleep.
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Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.
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Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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Generally speaking, the poorer person summers where he winters.
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I'm such a slow writer I have no need for anything as fast as a word processor. I don't need anything so snappy. I write so slowly that I could write in my own blood without hurting myself.
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Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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A dog who thinks he is a man's best friend is a dog who obviously has never met a tax lawyer.
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Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.
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A salad is not a meal, it is a style.
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When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.
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I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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