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Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

Lily Tomlin

What goes up must come down. But don’t expect it to come down where you can find it.
LILY TOMLIN

Expectation Philosophy Yourself
If evolution was worth its salt, it should’ve evolved something better than ‘survival of the fittest.’ I think a better idea would be ‘survival of the wittiest.’ At least, that way, creatures that didn’t survive could’ve died laughing.
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Better Creature Death Evolution Laughter Survive Worth
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Down Fast relief Slow Try
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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Feeling Mindset Yourself
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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Death Laughter Smart Survive Work
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Complain Deep Development Language Need Personal
When I’ve had a meltdown, people will say to me, “Well, you failed to keep your sense of humor.”
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Failure Humor Myself People Talk Yourself
Exercise is for people who can’t handle drugs or alcohol.
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Alcohol Control Drugs Exercise People
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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Deep Race Trouble Win Yourself
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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Culture Expression Myself Social Type
When we speak to God, we call it prayer; when God speaks back, we call it psychosis!
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God Ourselves Prayer Talk
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst
Infinity is just time on an ego trip.
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Ego Infinity One Liner Time Trip
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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Collection Conscious Feeling Humor Vehicle Wonderful
I guess if people couldn’t profit from war I don’t think there would be war.
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Myself People Profit Thinking War
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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Existence Feeling Love Universe Wake Up

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