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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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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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There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.
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I think one manifestation of integrity is holding a grudge. Saying no is a little different. Holding a grudge is the modern equivalent of having standards.
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Democracy is an interesting, even laudable, notion and there is no question but that when compared to Communism, which is too dull, or Fascism, which is too exciting, it emerges as the most palatable form of government.
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Writers have problems writing sex scenes, because writing one really well is pornography.
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Breakfast cereals that come in the same colors as polyester leisure suits make oversleeping a virtue.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Being offended is a natural consequence of leaving the house.
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The first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people.
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It would also have been helpful to have gone to a Catholic grammar school. The only people who know grammar are those people who went to Catholic grammar school. Those nuns beat it into them.
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Now the culture is made of old things, it's a collage. Art made out of art is not art. You're supposed to make art out of life.
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Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.
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It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative. For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars.
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To me, O'Hara is the real Fitzgerald.
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Abandon the search for Truth settle for a good fantasy
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Knowingness is sexy. The opposite of sexy is naivete.
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The second I learned to read in first grade, when I was 5, I preferred it to life. And I still do.
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if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.
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