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Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement-mixer long after one's own interest in the topic has waned.
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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