I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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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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 personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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