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.
FRAN LEBOWITZOriginal thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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Nothing succeeds like address.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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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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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky.
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