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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

If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Love Question Yourself
Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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Death Funny Myself Serious
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Hard Inspirational Motivational Perspective Soft Try
You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Fear Thinking Yourself
We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Care Company Phone
Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Name Top Yourself
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Consumption Life Live People Style
To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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Freedom Myself Sex Willing
What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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Boredom Hide Reveal Worst
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
People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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Acceptance Creation Kind Myself People
What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Expectation Philosophy Yourself
I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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Children Dirty Myself Revolution Sex Worry
There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
LILY TOMLIN

End Life Regret Right Sad Yourself
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
LILY TOMLIN

Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk

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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