Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLINWhen I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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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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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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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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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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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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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