Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
FRAN LEBOWITZRadio 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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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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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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There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.
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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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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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All God’s children are not beautiful. Most of God’s children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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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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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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