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Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
Great people talk about ideas, average people talk about things, and small people talk about wine.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Fran Lebowitz
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Fran Lebowitz: documented birth year 1950; activity date not established. Wikidata Q32709, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32709 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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