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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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If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.
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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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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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I wonder what it would be like if we all became what we wanted to be when we grew up? I mean, imagine a world filled with nothing but firemen, cowboys, nurses and ballerinas.
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.
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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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