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Lily Tomlin

There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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End Life Regret Right Sad Yourself
If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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Better Creature Death Evolution Laughter Survive Worth
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Hands Ladder Road Success
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Life Myself Reality Small Style
If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Hard Inspirational Motivational Perspective Soft Try
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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Greatness Growth World
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Career Important Myself Regret
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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Equality Money Pay People Work
Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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Form Intelligence Life Lose Play Share Space Win
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Collection One Liner Perspective Reality
Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
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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Alone Feeling Heart Mindset Myself Night
Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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Place Public Reality Time Yourself
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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Education Empathy Growth Human Kind Myself Politics Religion

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