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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.

Lily Tomlin

People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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Acceptance Creation Kind Myself People
When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Failure Humor Myself People Talk Yourself
Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Alone One Liner Remember
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Collection One Liner Perspective Reality
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Complain Invention Language Man Satisfaction
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
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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Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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Best Drugs Mindset One Liner Truth
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Myself Success World Worry
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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History Listening People Repeat Start Stop
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place
We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Care Company Phone
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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