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> [Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/anybody-who-told-you-to-be-yourself-simply-couldn-t-have-given-you/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

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## More by Russell Lynes

> [Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/friends-never-make-assumptions-about-you-they-never-expect-a-reason/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/wasting-time-is-negative-but-there-is-something-positive-about/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/when-it-gets-dark-enough-you-can-see-the-stars/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/no-author-dislikes-to-be-edited-as-much-as-he-dislikes-not-to-be/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [Are you always this stupid or are you making a special effort today?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/are-you-always-this-stupid-or-are-you-making-a-special-effort-today/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [Improvisation was the blood and bone of jazz, and in the classic, New Orleans jazz it was collective improvisation in which each performer, seemingly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/improvisation-was-the-blood-and-bone-of-jazz-and-in-the-classic-new/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [What we are headed for is a sort of social structure in which the highbrows are the elite, the middlebrows are the bourgeoisie and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/what-we-are-headed-for-is-a-sort-of-social-structure-in-which-the/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [Hi there, I'm a human being! What are you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/hi-there-i-m-a-human-being-what-are-you/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/the-bungalow-had-more-to-do-with-how-americans-live-today-than-any/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [The shaping of taste is essentially the science of merchandising, whether of detergents or cars or books or objects of fine and decorative art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/the-shaping-of-taste-is-essentially-the-science-of-merchandising/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/it-is-always-well-to-accept-your-own-shortcomings-with-candor-but-to/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/the-true-snob-never-rests-there-is-always-a-higher-goal-to-attain-and/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [The Good Quality Snob, or wearer of muted tweeds, cut almost exactly the same from year to year, often with a hat of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/the-good-quality-snob-or-wearer-of-muted-tweeds-cut-almost-exactly/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/every-journalist-has-a-novel-in-him-which-is-an-excellent-place-for-it/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

> [A lady is a woman who makes a man behave like a gentleman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-lynes/a-lady-is-a-woman-who-makes-a-man-behave-like-a-gentleman/)

[Russell Lynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-lynes/)

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