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.
LILY TOMLINTo me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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