Lily Tomlin on action
Lily Tomlin88 quotes“I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.”
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin If you can’t be direct, why be?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin
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MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
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