When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
FRAN LEBOWITZVery few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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You can’t go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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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 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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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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