It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
LILY TOMLINPeople hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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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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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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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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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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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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