Your life story would not make a good book. Don’t even try.
FRAN LEBOWITZOriginal thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
More Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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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The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
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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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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.
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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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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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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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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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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.
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I’ve done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.
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You’re only as good as your last haircut.
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Polite conversation is rarely either.
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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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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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