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

Lily Tomlin

When 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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Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
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
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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Funny Hard Interest Talk Yourself
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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Form Intelligence Life Universe Yourself
The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Inspirational Road Success
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Believe Dirty Myself Sex
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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Death Laughter Smart Survive Work
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
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Consumption Life Live People Style
I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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Actor Community Famous Myself Stage Yourself
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Change Comedy Humor Present Ridicule
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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Belief Better Possible Start World
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
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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Difference Integrity Myself Past Truth

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