If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
LILY TOMLINWhen we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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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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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
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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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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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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn’t want to get famous; I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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