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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.
Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
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Mary Jean Tomlin
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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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