Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
FRAN LEBOWITZNothing succeeds like address.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is simply a good excuse not to play football.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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