Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
LILY TOMLINWhat I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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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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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 think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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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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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – 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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