If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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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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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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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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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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