I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
LILY TOMLINIf truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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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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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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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