Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
LILY TOMLINLanguage was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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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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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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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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