If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
LILY TOMLINThe road to success is always under construction.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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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 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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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Wouldn’t it be great if we all grew up to be what we wanted to be? The world would be full of nurses, firemen, and ballerinas.
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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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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 worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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