Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
LILY TOMLINWhen I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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