Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
LILY TOMLINInstead 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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If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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If 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.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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We are all in this together, by ourselves.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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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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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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I always wondered why somebody doesn’t do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
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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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