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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin 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.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
Lily TomlinLily Tomlin
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