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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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In the depths of the night, fear grips my heart. It paralyzes my mind. But most of all, I feel very, very alone
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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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You are what you think, geez, that’s frightening.
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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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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
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It’s a more ridiculing, divisive humor today.
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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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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 bought a box of animal crackers, but there was nothing inside. They’d eaten each other.
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To me, “sexual freedom” means freedom from having to have sex.
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The road to success is always under construction.
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People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
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I still believe that sex is dirty. It’s just that now I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
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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.
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