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.
LILY TOMLINThe phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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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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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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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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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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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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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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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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