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" Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football. "
Fran Lebowitz
Women
Woman
Good
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" To put it rather bluntly, I am not the type who wants to go back to the land; I am the type who wants to go back to the hotel. "
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" Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine. "
Fran Lebowitz
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" As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. "
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" Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq. "
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" Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. "
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" Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw. "
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" My favorite animal is steak. "
Fran Lebowitz
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" I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a gentleness of the spirit. "
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" Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. "
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Feeling
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" Food is an important part of a balanced diet. "
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Diet
Food
" I must take issue with the term 'a mere child', for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. "
Fran Lebowitz
Take
Adult
Company
" If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail. "
Fran Lebowitz
Dog
Your
You
" Humility is no substitute for a good personality. "
Fran Lebowitz
Good
Substitute
Personality
" If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don't teach him to subtract teach him to deduct. "
Fran Lebowitz
Him
Serious
Future
" Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. "
Fran Lebowitz
Like
People
Born
" Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching. "
Fran Lebowitz
Watching
Child
Day
" Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. "
Fran Lebowitz
Obvious
Even
Children
" In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. "
Fran Lebowitz
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Life
Real
" Nothing succeeds like address. "
Fran Lebowitz
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" You're only as good as your last haircut. "
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Only
You
" In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. "
Fran Lebowitz
Democracy
Communism
Capitalism
" I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. "
Fran Lebowitz
Lottery
Your
You
" All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. "
Fran Lebowitz
Fact
Children
Most
" I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood? "
Fran Lebowitz
Wonder
Who
Smart
" Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back. "
Fran Lebowitz
Clothing
Never
Want
" My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. "
Fran Lebowitz
Speech
Freedom
Freedom Of Speech
" Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk. "
Fran Lebowitz
News
Talk
Jockey
" The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. "
Fran Lebowitz
Opposite
Waiting
Talking
" Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. "
Fran Lebowitz
Step
Business
Dance
" There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. "
Fran Lebowitz
Prove
Death
Behavior