If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
LILY TOMLINBut 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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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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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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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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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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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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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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If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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