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I've never seen the Kardashians I'm not sure who they are. But I know a lot about them because it's impossible not to.

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Fran Lebowitz
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 27
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Morristown
NJ
Frances Ann Lebowitz
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Any artist who has that quality of timelessness has that quality because they tell the truth.
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I'm a horrible girlfriend. I always was. I'm great at the beginning, because I can be very romantic.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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Even when America is not working that well, it still works better than other places.
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There are too many books. The books are terrible. And this is because you have been taught to have self-esteem.
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When I'm supposed to be writing I clean my apartment, take my clothes to the laundry, get organized, make lists, do the dishes. I would never do a dish unless I had to write.
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Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.
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This idea that people have to love and understand each other is absurd. It's not human nature.
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Cold soup is a very tricky thing and it is a rare hostess who can carry it off. More often than not the dinner guest is left with the impression that had he only come a little earlier he could have gotten it while it was still hot.
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I think writing for me has always been a matter of fear. Writing is fear and not writing is fear. I am afraid of writing and then I'm afraid of not writing.
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Think before you speak. Read before you think.
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word collectible as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
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When someone asks, 'Why do you think he's not calling me?' there's always one answer - 'He's not interested.' There's not ever any other answer.
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New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New York was expensive for someone with no money. For anyone.
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I prefer dead writers because you don't run into them at parties.
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People who are well-known, famous people, I think, make very poor characters for fiction. They make good characters for gossip columns. But not for fiction.
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Children do not really need money. After all, they don't have to pay rent or send mailgrams.
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You can be nasty when you are young, but you really have to be older to achieve bitterness.
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