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.
LILY TOMLINThe trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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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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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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What if it’s boring – or if it’s not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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Remember we’re all in this alone.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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I worry about kids today – because of the sexual revolution, they’re going to grow up and never know what “dirty” means.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed with your hands in your pocket – The road to success is always under construction.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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