Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
FRAN LEBOWITZCalling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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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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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.
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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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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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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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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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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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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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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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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 figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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