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I don't like to read nonfiction. To me, fact is something I can look up.

Fran Lebowitz

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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