If you can’t be direct, why be?
LILY TOMLINIf life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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The road to success is always under construction.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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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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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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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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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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