Lily Tomlin on construction
“The road to success is always under construction.”
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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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin
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When we vote we participate in the construction of a context.
AberjhaniAberjhani Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
Edward de BonoEdward de Bono The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words.
AberjhaniAberjhani And other facets of human existence. Looking in certain other corners of the same mirror, he or she may experience glimpses of a True Self sheltered deftly behind a mask of public proprieties.
AberjhaniAberjhani You somehow have to kill yourself. This is asked of people who haven’t got the tools to understand that it’s all a social construction, and that they shouldn’t inferiorize themselves.
Abdellah TaiaAbdellah Taia Michelangelo is a constructor, and Rafael an artist who, great as he is, is always limited by the model. When he tries to be thoughtful he falls below the niveau of his great rival.
Paul CezannePaul Cezanne When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.
Bernard ArnaultBernard Arnault Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It’s a symbol.
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