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I walk a lot in New York, not for the exercise but to get from place to place, and because it's the way of having the least contact with human beings.

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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