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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.

Lily Tomlin

If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
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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Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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Company Earth Name Phone Standard
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst
Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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Greatness Growth World
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk
What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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Boredom Hide Reveal Worst
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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Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
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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Death Laughter Smart Survive Work
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Beautiful Funny Hairs Library Truth
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
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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Equality Money Pay People Work
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Creation Expression Type Way

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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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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