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Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.

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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
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Detroit
Michigan
Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
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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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When I am happy I feel like crying, but when I am sad I don’t feel like laughing. I think it is better to be happy then you get two feelings for the price of one.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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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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Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Nobody is here without a reason. I always had a different sensibility. I like a huge range of comedy - from broad and farcical, the most sensitive, the most understated - but I always wanted my comedy to be more embracing of the species rather than debasing of it.
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No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
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If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.
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What if it's boring - or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring.
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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.
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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 you can't be direct, why be?
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There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of foot diseases. They die. They get cysts. Not only is it painful, it eventually kills them.
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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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