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 TOMLINI was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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 like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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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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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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