Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
FRAN LEBOWITZIfyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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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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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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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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If you are truly serious abut preparing your child for the future, don’t teach him to subtract teach him to deduct.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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