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.
LILY TOMLINThere’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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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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I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves; I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what’s current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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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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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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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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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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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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