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

Lily Tomlin

I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
LILY TOMLIN

Action Deep Inspirational Motivational Myself
Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Deep God Hypocrisy Prayer Talk
If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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Beautiful Hairs Library Woman
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
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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History Listening People Repeat Start Stop
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Feeling Imagination Myself
I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Believe Dirty Myself Sex
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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Better Creature Death Evolution Laughter Survive Worth
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.
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Lying Make Up True Yourself
I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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Children Dirty Myself Revolution Sex Worry
I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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Hard Myself Try
If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you’re not considered well viewed.
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Book Hypocrisy Reading View Yourself
Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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Complain Human Invention Language
I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Myself People Profit Thinking War
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation

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