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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: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
Author
Humorist
Journalist
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
Robert Paine Cook
Dignity
Jobs
Others
True
Better
Work
Definitely

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