We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
LILY TOMLINInstead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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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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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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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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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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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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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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