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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Forgiveness comes after understanding & understanding comes after acceptance.
Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
Safna SulaimanSafna Sulaiman There is magic in the minuscule.
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Tom LandryTom Landry Even if it’s a long ways down the track, it punches a hole in the air that has to help. When you’re running alone, you can feel the difference, and it shows on the clock, too.
Mario AndrettiMario Andretti There are some who would like to see the oil rigs removed right down to the ground once their job is done, and there are others, and I count myself among them, who think that once they are in place they begin to be adopted by life in the ocean as a habitat.
Sylvia EarleSylvia Earle You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.
George BurnsGeorge Burns Whether it’s make good grades in school, be a good athlete, be a good person, go down and do some community service and help somebody who’s in need, whatever it is you choose to do, you’re investing your time in that.
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