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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.

Lily Tomlin

Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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History Listening People Repeat Start Stop
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Myself Thinking Worry
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Home Myself Teacher Thinking
Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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Form Intelligence Life Universe Yourself
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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Book Hypocrisy Reading View Yourself
If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Hard Inspirational Motivational Perspective Soft Try
When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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God Ourselves Prayer Talk
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Life Myself Reality Small Style
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Consumption Life Live People Style
When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Missing Opportunity
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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Acceptance Creation Kind Myself People
What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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Boredom Hide Reveal Worst
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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Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
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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Children Dirty Myself Revolution Sex Worry
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try

I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.

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