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The great thing about New Jersey is that it's close to New York.

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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 first people who died of AIDS were artists. They were the most interesting people.
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My dream writing room would be the Imperial Library in Vienna.
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I wouldn't say that I dislike the young. I'm simply not a fan of naïveté.
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Children are much less annoying [than adults] and they never start trends.
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The truth is that most families have no smart ones and no pretty ones. Most families are a bunch of unattractive dopes. And it turns out that the Bush family, like most families, has no smart ones. I was not surprised to see this.
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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
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Sleep is death without the responsibility.
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London: A place you go to get bronchitis.
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When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people with whom I share nothing except the right to trial by jury.
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I'm very lazy, I hate to work.
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We live in a culture where everyone is perfectly willing to do this [to make a lot of money], and they're just looking for the opportunity. Obviously, a person who is really dumb is not gonna make a zillion dollars. But for a person who is really smart, really smart, it's a boring pursuit. It's not endlessly fascinating.
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I write a sentence a thousand times, changing it all the time to look at it in different ways.
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What I can't be is monogamous. That tends to upset people. I just don't like domestic life.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.
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There are certain relationships I think I'm great at: I'm the world's greatest daughter. I'm a great relative. I believe I'm a great friend.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as far as I am concerned, the entire point of being an adult.
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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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