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If I had known what it would be like to have it all – I might have been willing to settle for less.

Lily Tomlin

Growing up in Michigan was fine, until I realized where I was.
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Born Growth Myself Place
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
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Leadership Reality Touch
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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Complain Deep Development Language Need Personal
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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Change Enough Myself Transformation
If you can’t be direct, why be?
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Direct Yourself
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
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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Complain Invention Language Man Satisfaction
9 to 5 made people aware of equal pay for equal work. It hasn’t really happened, but it has come closer.
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Equality Money Pay People Work
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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Book Hypocrisy Reading View Yourself
There’s so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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Culture Fabric Skin
There will be sex after death, we just won’t be able to feel it.
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Death Feeling Sex
We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.
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Care Company Phone
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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Beautiful Funny Hairs Library Truth
Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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Feeling Mindset Yourself
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Hard Time Struggle Worst

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