9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
LILY TOMLINTo me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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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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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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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.
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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