People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLINMy 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.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.
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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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There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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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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