I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
LILY TOMLINEvery day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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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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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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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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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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