Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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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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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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