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.
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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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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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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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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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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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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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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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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The road to success is always under construction.
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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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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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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 can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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The larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.
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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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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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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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