What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
LILY TOMLINI think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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