Polite conversation is rarely either.
FRAN LEBOWITZContrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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My favorite animal is steak.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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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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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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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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