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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

Lily Tomlin

The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Inspirational Road Success
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
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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Lying Make Up True Yourself
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
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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History Listening People Repeat Start Stop
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
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Believe Dirty Myself Sex
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place
Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Impossible Myself News Reading
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
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.
LILY TOMLIN

Place Public Reality Time Yourself
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Career Important Myself Regret
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
LILY TOMLIN

Name Top Yourself

You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.

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