The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
FRAN LEBOWITZRemember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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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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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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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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