If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
LILY TOMLINEven when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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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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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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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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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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