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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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Moral People Photograph
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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Hypocrisy Life Meaning
Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Place Sorry Yourself
When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Failure Humor Myself People Talk Yourself
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Alone One Liner Remember
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Collection One Liner Perspective Reality
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
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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Place Public Reality Time Yourself
We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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Believe Freedom Hands Man Reason Sex Walk
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Home Myself Teacher Thinking
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst
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
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Complain Deep Development Language Need Personal

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