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" Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. "
Fran Lebowitz
Book
Just
School
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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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota. "
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" Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. "
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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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" Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep. "
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" I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. "
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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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" If you're going to America, bring your own food. "
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" In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. "
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" There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior. "
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" Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. "
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