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When I was young, boys didn't type.
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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[On not reading newspapers:] If something important happens, your mother calls you.
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I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.
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I never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning.
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Nothing lasts. So it's my belief, yes, I know a lot of the things that we liked didn't last, but maybe things we don't like, they're also not going to last. There has been progress in my lifetime. There are certainly things that are better than when I was young, and there are things that are worse. New York City, it's worse. There's no question.
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The Italians are the most civilized people. And they're very warm. Basically, they're Jews with great architecture.
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No one I knew talked about money. It's not an area of interest.
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