I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
LILY TOMLINThings are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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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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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 bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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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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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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