If you can’t be direct, why be?
LILY TOMLINIf you can’t be direct, why be?
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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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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I feel some part of me can wake up and be very existential and the next day wake up and be sort of in love with the universe.
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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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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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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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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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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest – then we can all die laughing.
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