Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLINBeing a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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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 have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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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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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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