Fran Lebowitz Quotes
Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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We can't continue with a justice of vengeance. Peace will require us to accept a certain degree of impunity; it's inevitable.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I'm not the type of person that is forced.
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Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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Does that mean we should give up? Probably. But there are two issues worth considering. The first is - is it really true that drugs destroy the integrity of the game?
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There's such a fan base for 'Dark Shadows'. I remember watching the show as a kid, but I wasn't an ardent fan. I didn't run home from school to watch it.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.
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I pride myself on my personilty and not my looks because one day, I will be old and crusty with a moustache, and someone is going to love me for my personality and not looks. So whoever is going to marry me is going to laugh till he dies.
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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
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When I was young, I just sat down and started playing Chopsticks at the piano. I got so far and then lost interest. Eventually, I regained it and started writing songs.
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Like I say, it depends on how you do rock-'n'-roll. If you do it right then I think people will appreciate it for what it is.
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Having children changes your outlook 100 percent of your life.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.
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I once got a huge, expensive flower arrangement from a person I didn't like, who sent it out of pure guilt. It had a hideous bird-of-paradise in the middle, and I thought it would never fade and die. I hated it.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
