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I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.

Fran Lebowitz

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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
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