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Women who insist upon having the same options as men would do well to consider the option of being the strong, silent type. (Fran Lebowitz)
Bread that must be sliced with an ax is bread that is too nourishing. View quote
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable. View quote
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Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try. View quote
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The word Lady Most often used to describe someone you wouldn't want to talk to for even five minutes. View quote
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. View quote
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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. View quote
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The terrible state of public education has paid huge dividends in ignorance. Huge. We now have a country that can be told blatant lies - easily checkable, blatant lies - and I'm not talking about the covert workings of the CIA. When we have a terrorist attack, on September 11, 2001 with 19 men - 15 of them are Saudis - and five minutes later the whole country thinks they're from Iraq - how can you have faith in the public? This is an easily checkable fact. The whole country is like the O.J. Simpson jurors. View quote
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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. View quote
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure. View quote
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra. (Fran Lebowitz)
Polite conversation is rarely either. View quote
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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. View quote
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I doubt there's ever been a true thing said on Fox. Maybe the weather report, maybe not. View quote
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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. View quote
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully. View quote
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Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. View quote
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. View quote
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat. View quote
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Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq. View quote
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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. (Fran Lebowitz)
Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries. View quote
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them. View quote
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