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A salad is not a meal, it is a style.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
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Writer
Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Meals
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Salad

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I'm a horrible girlfriend. I always was. I'm great at the beginning, because I can be very romantic.
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No one earns $100 million. You steal $100 million.
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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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When someone asks, 'Why do you think he's not calling me?' there's always one answer - 'He's not interested.' There's not ever any other answer.
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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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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
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Nothing lasts. So it's my belief, yes, I know a lot of the things that we liked didn't last, but maybe things we don't like, they're also not going to last. There has been progress in my lifetime. There are certainly things that are better than when I was young, and there are things that are worse. New York City, it's worse. There's no question.
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I'm very lazy, I hate to work.
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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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I just write when fear overtakes me.
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