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Abandon the search for Truth settle for a good fantasy

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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Settle
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Fantasy
Truth
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