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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.

Lily Tomlin

Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Impossible Myself News Reading
I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Myself People Profit Thinking War
If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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Hypocrisy Life Meaning
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
If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Hard Inspirational Motivational Perspective Soft Try
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
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Ourselves Togetherness
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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Boredom Hide Reveal Worst
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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Help Myself Thinking Trouble Worst
If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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Fame Myself Settle Willing
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Change Comedy Humor Present Ridicule
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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Believe Freedom Hands Man Reason Sex Walk
There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin

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