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Generally speaking, the poorer person summers where he winters.
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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Without these tourists, New York would be fantastic. I don't want them to come. Stay home!
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There's too much democracy in the culture, not enough in the society.
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All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.
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I hate, simply, to work. I just hate to work, period. I am profoundly slothful. Practically inert.
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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.
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It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry. People are always on the verge of tears.
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Writing pornography is deadly, nothing duller. I mean a toll-taker has a more exciting life than a pornographer.
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Think before you speak. Read before you think. This will give you something to think about that you didn't make up yourself - a wise move at any age, but most especially at seventeen, when you are in the greatest danger of coming to annoying conclusions.
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I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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The great thing about New Jersey is that it's close to New York.
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There are some great writers who are great talkers, but there are more great writers who are not great talkers. People seem to think there is some connection between talking and writing, but I love to talk and if there were some connection between the two of them I would be the most prolific writer in the history of the world.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.
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I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.
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Money...buys privacy, silence. The less money you have, the noisier it is the thinner your walls, the closer your neighbors.... The first thing you notice when you step into the house or apartment of a rich person is how quiet it is.
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