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

Lily Tomlin

Remember we’re all in this alone.
LILY TOMLIN

Alone One Liner Remember
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
LILY TOMLIN

Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk
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 TOMLIN

Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Fear Thinking Yourself
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Impossible Myself News Reading
When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
LILY TOMLIN

God Ourselves Prayer Talk
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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History Listening People Repeat Start Stop
There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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End Life Regret Right Sad Yourself
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 feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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Existence Feeling Love Universe Wake Up
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
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Creation Expression Type Way
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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Company Earth Name Phone Standard
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
Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Complain Human Invention Language
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
LILY TOMLIN

Hard Myself Try

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