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• Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not possibly have met.
  -- Fran Lebowitz...
• Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
  -- Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studie...
• Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine.
  You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star....
• If you're going to America, bring your own food. -- Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studie
• The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
  -- Fran Lebowitz, "Social Studie...
• It is imperative when flying coach that you restrain any tendency toward the vividly imaginative.
  For although it may momentarily appear to be the case, it is not at all likely that the cabin is entirely inhabited by crying babies smoking inexpensive domestic cigars....
• You should have thought of all this before you were born. -- N.F. Simpso
• If you're gonna sin, you may as well be original -- The Young One
• Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
  If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass....