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 TOMLINIf you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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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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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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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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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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