It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
LILY TOMLINWe don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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 can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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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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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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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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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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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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