If beauty is truth, why don’t women go to the library to have their hair done?
LILY TOMLINIf I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.
More Lily Tomlin Quotes
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Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It’s just a matter of timing. It’s like you’ve marked your territory.
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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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Truth is, I’ve always been selling out. The difference is that in the past, I looked like I had integrity because there were no buyers.
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I can handle reality in small doses, but as a lifestyle, it’s much too confining.
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Why isn’t there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Why is it that when we talk to God we’re said to be praying but when God talks to us we’re schizophrenic?
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Every day I read the newspapers, and no matter how cynical I get, it’s imposssible to keep up.
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Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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There’s nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, ‘I didn’t do it right’.
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If trying harder doesn’t work, try softer.
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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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The best mind-altering drug is the truth.
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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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