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54 quotes by Fran Lebowitz

Frances Ann "Fran" Lebowitz (born October 27, 1950) is an American author and public speaker. Lebowitz is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker.
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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... →

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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.

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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

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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... →

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Polite conversation is rarely either.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

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You're only as good as your last haircut.

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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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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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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you... →

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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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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.

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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.

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