We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
LILY TOMLINI worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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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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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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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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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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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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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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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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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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