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The other day I read that last year 58 million tourists came to New York ... where a puny eight million people are trying to live. Unless they own a hotel chain, I don't think a single one of these eight million people are happy about this.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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