What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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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.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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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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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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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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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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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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