The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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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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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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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 worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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