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Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
Ferrari
Housework
Gambling
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Whisky
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happiness has always seemed to me a great achievement.
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I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.
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Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.
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It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.
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