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

Lily Tomlin

There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Action Deep Inspirational Motivational Myself
You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Fear Thinking Yourself
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 trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
LILY TOMLIN

Death Funny Myself Serious
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Creation Expression Type Way
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
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
Having 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.
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Place Public Reality Time Yourself
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Audience Brain Knowledge Myself Praise Thinking
In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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Alone Feeling Heart Mindset Myself Night
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place

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