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• The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
  -- Fran Lebowitz...
• The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
  -- Fran Lebowitz, "Interview...
• 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....
• I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use.
  Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake....
• Randomness scares people. Religion is a way to explain randomness. -- Fran Lebowitz
• The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true
  by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful....
• It has been said that there are two theories of history
  conspiracy and blunder. If there is some truth to that, it is surely equally true that blunder seldom receives all the credit due it as an explanation of complex events....
• All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
  The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through....
• True happiness will be found only in true love.