Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
LILY TOMLINThe larger picture is really to swing people’s awareness of what really is moral.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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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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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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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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The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
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When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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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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I try to be cynical, but it’s so hard to keep up.
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