Fran Lebowitz Quotes
All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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We all should face some failures in life and learn from them. We should accept it and move on.
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I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.
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The interest on our debt is going to collapse this country.
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I always believed in my ability, but I think in any sport you need that little bit of luck.
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In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.
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God takes care of imbeciles, little children and artists.
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Law school and summer camp are the two experiences that inform pretty much all I do.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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Riots are the voices of the unheard.
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My mother and father told me I was god. I was a good Italian boy who hung out with the same four guys. I was a little god.
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Having faith in God means trusting in Him even when everything inside of you wants to take control.
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I didn't start exercising until the end of my modeling career. When you're young, you eat and drink what you want and stay up all night and still look good.
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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
