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It is not true that there is dignity in all work. Some jobs are definitely better than others.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 73
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
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If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with Let's Make a Deal.
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Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.
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I never wanted to have any extra money, if it meant having to have any extra work.
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I'm like the laziest person who ever lived. It's amazing to me I even sit up.
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Writing is so hard. Why would you be a writer if you weren't really good at it? If you could be anything else, why would you be a writer?
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Did it ever occur to anyone that if you put nice libraries in public schools you wouldn't have to put them in prisons?
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I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines.
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In Rome people spend most of their time having lunch. And they do it very well - Rome is unquestionably the lunch capital of the world.
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