Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
LILY TOMLINThe start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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The road to success is always under construction.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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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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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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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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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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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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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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