We are all in this together, by ourselves.
LILY TOMLINThe trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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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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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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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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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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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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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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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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