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.
LILY TOMLINI worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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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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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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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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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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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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