Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
LILY TOMLINI like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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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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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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I 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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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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