People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLINLady, 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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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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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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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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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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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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