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.
LILY TOMLINIf beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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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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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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 think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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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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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.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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