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" Don't bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add. "
Fran Lebowitz
Anything
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" When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough. "
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" Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. "
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" Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs. "
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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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" Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable. "
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" In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. "
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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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" You're only as good as your last haircut. "
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" All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. "
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" In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. "
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