"New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room."
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"Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists classify the group as a subspecies."
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"There better not be a God because I'll be in big trouble."
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"I love narcissists-even more than they love themselves. You don't have to buoy them up. They are their own razzle-dazzle show and you are the blessed, favored with a front-row seat."
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""Couch surfing" refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of charge, unless you count being incessantly sociable as payment."
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"But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn."
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"Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy."
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"Every nuclear bomb is an Auschwitz waiting to happen."
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"New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce."
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"For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes."
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"Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed."
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"I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing."
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"Christmas cards ... are technically only junk mail from people you know."
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"What can you give a friend who has everything? Shelves."
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"Mothers know the difference between a broth and a consommé. And the difference between damask and chintz. And the difference between vinyl and Naugahyde. And the difference between a house and a home. And the difference between a romantic and a stalker. And the difference between a rock and a hard place."
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"It's always gratifying to share a hobby with a friend, and pining for erstwhile suitors falls into that category. In the months to come, Libby and I would analyze our respective exes with the gusto and intellectual rigor of Jesuits."
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"The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism."
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"Love can't always be measured by how long u wait,it's about how well u understand WHY and WHAT you are waiting"
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