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I never had a typewriter. I never had any machines.

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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The thing you love right away, don't do it, because that's the very thing that's going to be your addiction for the rest of your life.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
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