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.
LILY TOMLINI 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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 larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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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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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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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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