The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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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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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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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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