I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
LILY TOMLINMan invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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 bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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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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