Fran Lebowitz - Interest Quotes

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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.

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A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.

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I have always preferred the company of older people. No one in the history of the world has had less interest in the young than I do. I am not interested in what young people are thinking. They're thinking less than old people, of course. I mean, what could they be thinking? And what are they doing? They're doing the same stupid things you did.

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My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.

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Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is simply a good excuse not to play football.

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If your sexual fantasies were truly of interest to others, they would no longer be fantasies.

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Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special.

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Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in moods, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement mixer long after one's interest in the topic has waned.

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