No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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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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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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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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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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