Cases Quote by Fran Lebowitz

“Lifestyle. Not a word at all, really - rather a wordette. A genuine case of more is less. ... the word life and the word style are, except in rare cases (and chances are that you're not of them), mutually exclusive.”

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[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail.

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Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

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If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.

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