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Lily Tomlin

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
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Audience Brain Knowledge Myself Praise Thinking
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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Actor Community Famous Myself Stage Yourself
Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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Difference Integrity Myself Past Truth
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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Adult Country Election Hard Work
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
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
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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Death Laughter Smart Survive Work
There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Myself People Profit Thinking War
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
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk
What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Expectation Philosophy Yourself
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
Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Name Top Yourself

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