Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
FRAN LEBOWITZ
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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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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