Fran Lebowitz Quotes
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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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.
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Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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I'm not nervous standing with anyone.
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'Twilight's got some avid - and rabid - fans.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Despite my excellent mood, I don't have any sympathy for Romney. If he'd been a good candidate he wouldn't have had a different campaign for every month on the calendar.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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I was drawing a mandolin, and I made the sound hole very small, which made the mandolin look gigantic. I saw that making the details small made the form monumental. So in my figures, the eyes, the mouth are all small, and the exterior form is huge.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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I'm very excited to have a girl.
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I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.
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As a character actor, you have to understand that it's not about you. You have to remember it's about someone else's life. And your character is just passing through.
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Comedy is great; you get to laugh! Life is so serious.
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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.
