Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
LILY TOMLINI was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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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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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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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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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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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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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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