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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”

Lily Tomlin

No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
LILY TOMLIN

Change Enough Myself Transformation
What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
LILY TOMLIN

Expectation Philosophy Yourself
I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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Collection Conscious Feeling Humor Vehicle Wonderful
If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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Better Creature Death Evolution Laughter Survive Worth
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
Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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Form Intelligence Life Universe 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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Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Complain Human Invention Language
Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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Hypocrisy Life Meaning
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
Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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Form Intelligence Life Lose Play Share Space Win
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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Funny Hard Interest Talk Yourself
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Feeling Imagination 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
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Career Important Myself Regret

When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”

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