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.
LILY TOMLINHaving 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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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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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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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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 have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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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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