Fran Lebowitz quote ✍️

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I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ARAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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