I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
LILY TOMLINLanguage was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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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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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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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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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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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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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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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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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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