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I drank my lifetime supply of alcohol and I took my lifetime supply of drugs between the ages of 15 and 19.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Frances Ann Lebowitz
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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
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