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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
Orator
Writer
Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Sticky
Childhood
Newborn
Baby
Washed
Food
Relieved
Kids
Culinary
Children
Cooking
Even
Mom
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