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.
LILY TOMLINGrowing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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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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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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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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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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