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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

Lily Tomlin

People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
LILY TOMLIN

Acceptance Creation Kind Myself People
The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.
LILY TOMLIN

Company Earth Name Phone Standard
Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
LILY TOMLIN

Born Growth Myself Place
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
LILY TOMLIN

Feeling Mindset Yourself
I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
LILY TOMLIN

Children Dirty Myself Revolution Sex Worry
When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy; then you get two feelings for the price of one.
LILY TOMLIN

Better Cry Feeling Happiness Laughter Price Sad
If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
LILY TOMLIN

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

Expectation Philosophy Yourself
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
LILY TOMLIN

Leadership Reality Touch
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
LILY TOMLIN

Myself Success World Worry
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.
LILY TOMLIN

Actor Community Famous Myself Stage Yourself
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
LILY TOMLIN

Hard Time Struggle Worst
If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
LILY TOMLIN

Beautiful Hairs Library Woman
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.
LILY TOMLIN

Funny Hard Interest Talk Yourself
Remember we’re all in this alone.
LILY TOMLIN

Alone One Liner Remember
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
LILY TOMLIN

Best Drugs Mindset One Liner Truth

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

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