The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
FRAN LEBOWITZChildren are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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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 favorite animal is steak.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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