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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

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.
LILY TOMLIN

Difference Integrity Myself Past Truth
There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
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
You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Fear Thinking Yourself
But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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Cost Live Money People Reason
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Myself Thinking Worry
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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Adult Country Election Hard Work
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Complain Deep Development Language Need Personal
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Creation Expression Type Way
The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Inspirational Road Success
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 beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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Beautiful Hairs Library Woman
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
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
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLIN

Born Growth Myself Place

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