Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
LILY TOMLINThere will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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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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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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