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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.

Lily Tomlin

Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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Death Funny Myself Serious
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place
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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Death Laughter Smart Survive Work
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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Company Earth Name Phone Standard
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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Form Intelligence Life Lose Play Share Space Win
What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Expectation Philosophy Yourself
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Audience Brain Knowledge Myself Praise Thinking
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Home Myself Teacher Thinking
We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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Consumption Life Live People Style
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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Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Creation Expression Type Way
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Believe Dirty Myself Sex
Remember we’re all in this alone.
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Alone One Liner Remember
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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Place Public Reality Time Yourself
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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Construction Hands Ladder Road Success

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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