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.
LILY TOMLINExercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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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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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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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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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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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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