The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
FRAN LEBOWITZDon’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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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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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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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I never met anyone who didn’t have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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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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Don’t bother discussing sex with small children. They rarely have anything to add.
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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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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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