The Lee Radziwill Formula for Fabulousness
She “doesn’t tolerate phoniness, tells great stories & always has perfect hair.”
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She once described a lunch with someone as, “Just truly a life-diminishing experience.”
(Source: The New York Times)
Overheard on 12th Street
Woman talking into her phone:
So I was telling her about Lincoln, but I didn’t want to give it away and say that he got shot.
“The struggle with writing is over.”
“Writing is frustration — it’s daily frustration, not to mention humiliation. It’s just like baseball: you fail two-thirds of the time.” [Philip Roth] went on: “I can’t face any more days when I write five pages and throw them away. I can’t do that anymore.”
(Source: The New York Times)
ABLAZE In 1927 the Sherry-Netherland caught on fire, creating what The New York Times called “the best show of the season.” The newspaper ran this photo, retouching it for contrast.
The Difference Between Germans and Jews
“That which does not kill me makes me stronger.” —Friedrich Nietzsche
“No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.” —Sholem Aleichem
Last year, for the first time, drug overdoses eclipsed deaths from firearms and traffic accidents in the US.
Slideshow: Hurricane Sandy Aftermath
(Photo: Master Sgt. Mark Olsen / Us Air / US Air Force via EPA)
Aerial views of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast, taken during a search and rescue mission by the New Jersey Army National Guard on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
(via nbcnews)
