Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
LILY TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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 like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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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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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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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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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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