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.
LILY TOMLINIf truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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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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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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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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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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