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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

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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Actor Community Famous Myself Stage Yourself
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
LILY TOMLIN

Help Myself Thinking Trouble Worst
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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Education Empathy Growth Human Kind Myself Politics Religion
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Best Drugs Mindset One Liner Truth
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Myself Success World Worry
When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Failure Humor Myself People Talk Yourself
I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Life Myself Reality Small Style
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.
LILY TOMLIN

Greatness Growth World
There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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Moral People Photograph
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLIN

Born Growth Myself Place
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
LILY TOMLIN

Change Enough Myself Transformation
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
LILY TOMLIN

Believe Dirty Myself Sex
Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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Place Sorry Yourself
The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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Belief Better Possible Start World

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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