If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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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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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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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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