If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
LILY TOMLINDon’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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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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What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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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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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that’s the truth.
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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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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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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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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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