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Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Carry
Soup
Come
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Food
Guests
Often
Rare
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Gotten
Hostess
Stills
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Hostesses
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Impression
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Littles
Dinner
Tricky

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