What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
LILY TOMLINTo me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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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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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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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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