Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
LILY TOMLINThe larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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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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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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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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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.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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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 try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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