Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
LILY TOMLINReality is nothing but a collective hunch.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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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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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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