Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
LILY TOMLINDid 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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 guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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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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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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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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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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 like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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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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