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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
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You are what you think ... geez, that's frightening.
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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
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