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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Morristown
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.
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I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am afraid of writing and then I'm afraid of not writing.
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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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I have friends, some of whom are spectacularly good writers, who really want someone to edit them. I don't register that impulse. It's like the impulse for wanting a dog.
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
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People always say pop culture. As if we have some high culture to distinguish it from.
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I don't like the kind of country living where you have to help. I like country living where there is help.
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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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Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.
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China is not a great idea: capitalism and a dictator. It's like the two worst possible things you could imagine together. It's a very bad idea.
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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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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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Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
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Cheese that is required by law to append the word food to its title does not go well with red wine or fruit.
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word collectible as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
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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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