If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
LILY TOMLINI have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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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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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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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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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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After all, in private, we’re all misfits.
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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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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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