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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

Lily Tomlin

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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Difference Integrity Myself Past Truth
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Complain Invention Language Man Satisfaction
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Hard Inspirational Motivational Perspective Soft Try
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
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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Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Career Important Myself Regret
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Hands Ladder Road Success
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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Better Creature Death Evolution Laughter Survive Worth
You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Fear Thinking Yourself
But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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Cost Live Money People Reason
It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Change Comedy Humor Present Ridicule
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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Form Intelligence Life Lose Play Share Space Win
Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Alone One Liner Remember
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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Beautiful Hairs Library Woman

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