People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLINWe have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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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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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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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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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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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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