I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
LILY TOMLINWhen 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it 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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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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