579 Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

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    Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a dance step – it's an old business procedure.

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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.

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    Los Angeles is a large city like area surrounding the Beverly Hills Hotel.

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    Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking a candy from a baby' has never tried taking a candy from a baby

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    Romantic love is a 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 impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw...What starts love is your ability to stupefy and blind yourself to the point of being able to fall in love.

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    If you removed all of the homosexuals and homosexual influence from what is generally regarded as American culture, you would pretty much be left with "Let's Make a Deal."

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    Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same tie that brunette becomes a good color for flowers.

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    Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.

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    Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women, it is merely a good excuse not to play football.

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