Nothing succeeds like address.
FRAN LEBOWITZI 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.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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Nature is by and large to be found out of doors, a location where, it cannot be argued, there are never enough comfortable chairs.
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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step – it is an old business procedure.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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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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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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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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