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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

Lily Tomlin

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.
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Education Empathy Growth Human Kind Myself Politics Religion
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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Place Public Reality Time Yourself
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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Help Myself Thinking Trouble Worst
I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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Action Deep Inspirational Motivational Myself
Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Complain Human Invention Language
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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Big Confusion Deep Direction Expectation Leaving Right Understand Way
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Home Myself Teacher Thinking
It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Change Comedy Humor Present Ridicule
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Love Question Yourself
We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Ourselves Togetherness
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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Alone Feeling Heart Mindset Myself Night
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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Cost Live Money People Reason
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type

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