Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
FRAN LEBOWITZScientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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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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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My favorite animal is steak.
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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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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Success didn’t spoil me, I’ve always been insufferable.
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If you’re going to America, bring your own food.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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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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