I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won’t.
LILY TOMLINIf beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
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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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9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.
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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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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Even when I’m being funny, I’m deadly serious.
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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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I bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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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 start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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