Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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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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If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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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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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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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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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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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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.
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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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