In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
LILY TOMLINNinety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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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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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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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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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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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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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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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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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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