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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

Lily Tomlin

Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Ourselves Togetherness
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Audience Brain Knowledge Myself Praise Thinking
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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Education Empathy Growth Human Kind Myself Politics Religion
Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Place Sorry Yourself
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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Feeling Mindset Yourself
I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Action Deep Inspirational Motivational Myself
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
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Book Hypocrisy Reading View Yourself
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
Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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Death Funny Myself Serious
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Life Myself Reality Small Style
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Impossible Myself News Reading
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
LILY TOMLIN

Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
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.
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Adult Country Election Hard Work

You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

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