I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
FRAN LEBOWITZIf 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 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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Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear the phone is for you.
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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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Scientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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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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