Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
LILY TOMLINDid you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
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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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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