Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
LILY TOMLINSometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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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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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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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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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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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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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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