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.
LILY TOMLINI always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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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 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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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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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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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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