Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
LILY TOMLINLanguage was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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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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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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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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The road to success is always under construction.
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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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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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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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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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