I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
LILY TOMLINIt’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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The road to success is always under construction.
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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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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
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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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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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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.
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Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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