Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
LILY TOMLINI personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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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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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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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 truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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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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