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My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.
Fran Lebowitz
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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word collectible as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
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if you live in New York and you have a guest room, you have guests. So I think it's best not to have a guest room.
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I'd like to decide who comes here. I'd like to be the admissions director of New York.
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