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When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines

by Graydon Carter

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Claudia’s Quotes

“I am not the type of person who wants to go back to the land I am the type who wants to got back to the hotel.”
― Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life/Social Studies

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“Being offended is the natural consequence of leaving one’s home.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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“That I am totally devoid of sympathy for, or interest in, the world of groups is directly attributable to the fact that my two greatest needs and desires — smoking cigarettes and plotting revenge — are basically solitary pursuits.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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“Sarcasm: what they have in New York instead of jacuzzis.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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“The second thing that distinguishes you, sets you apart from the crowd, is that everybody in the entire world likes his eggs done a different and special way. When it comes to eggs, everyone has his own subtle preference, his own individual taste. So the next time that someone asks you how you like your eggs, speak right up. After all, you only go around once.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

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