Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
FRAN LEBOWITZStand 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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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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Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
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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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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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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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