"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
"Japanese food is very pretty and undoubtedly a suitable cuisine in Japan, which is largely populated by people of below average size. Hostesses hell-bent on serving such food to occidentals would be well advised to supplement it with something more substantial and to keep in mind that almost everybody likes french fries."
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Source: Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.126, Vintage
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