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" 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
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" In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. "
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" Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable. "
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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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" Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully. "
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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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" 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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