Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
FRAN LEBOWITZScientists – the crowd that for dash and style make the general public look like the Bloomsbury set.
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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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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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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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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.
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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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Romantic love is mental illness. But it’s a pleasurable one. It’s a drug. It distorts reality, and that’s the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
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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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Ifyou have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.
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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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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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If you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater suggest that he wear a tail.
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