"Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met."

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Source : FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from Jan 14, 2011

Fran Lebowitz

#Women Quotes #People Quotes #Original Thought Quotes

“I do have reasons for what I do. I am a very political person, and I really think if you put these clothes on, you will look like a force to be reckoned with.”
“The walls are the publishers of the poor.”
“Poetry in motion walking by my side, her lovely locomotion keeps my eyes open wide.”
“By patience and determination, rather than by a harsh upsetting of tradition, we move toward our national aspirations.... This is the way we get things done in America. One man tells another, does what he can, till the sum of these efforts grows into a national aspiration-a precious goal. Then occurs our miracle of democracy: because the groundwork has been surely laid, the goal is already within our grasp.”
“Those who depend fully on another personâ€™s knowledge to decide what is possible are easily manipulated. The most effective leaders utilize experts from all fields, but rely on none when it comes to making a decision.”

Source : Joelle Charbonneau (2014). “The Testing Trilogy”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I think it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.”

Source : "Vegetarian diet is better for the planet, says Lord Stern" by David Batty and David Adam, www.theguardian.com. October 26, 2009.
“You can always tell when Obama's negotiations with the Republicans are winding down, because he's missing his watch and his lunch money.”
“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

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