Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
LILY TOMLINGrowing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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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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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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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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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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