When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
FRAN LEBOWITZCalling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
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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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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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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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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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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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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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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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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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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.
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Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
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