We are all in this together, by ourselves.
LILY TOMLIN
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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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.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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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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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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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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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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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