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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Journalist
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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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All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.
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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It's very psychically wearing not to write - I mean if you're supposed to be writing.
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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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For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.
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I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.
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