Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
LILY TOMLINRemember we’re all in this alone.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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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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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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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 like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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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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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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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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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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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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