When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
LILY TOMLINI bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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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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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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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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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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 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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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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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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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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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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Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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