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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.

Lily Tomlin

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
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Complain Deep Development Language Need Personal
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
LILY TOMLIN

Book Hypocrisy Reading View Yourself
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
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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Cat Development Dog Sensitive Suffering Yourself
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Consumption Life Live People Style
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
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Career Important Myself Regret
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
LILY TOMLIN

Love Question Yourself
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
After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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One Liner Privacy
I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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Existence Feeling Love Universe Wake Up
Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Afraid Failure Inspirational Missing Opportunity
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

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