People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLINDid 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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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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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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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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