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 TOMLINYou are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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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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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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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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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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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 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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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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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Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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If you can’t be direct, why be?
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