The road to success is always under construction.
LILY TOMLINIf 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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.
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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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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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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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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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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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