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.
LILY TOMLINSuccess is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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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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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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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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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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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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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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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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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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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 trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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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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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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