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Lady, I do not make up things. That is lies. Lies are not true. But the truth could be made up if yo know how. And that's the truth.
Lily Tomlin
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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
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Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
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But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money.
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I worry about kids today - because of the sexual revolution, they're going to grow up and never know what dirty means.
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I'm not a religious person. I don't have any desire. To me it's imitative of a conventional culture. I'm all for it for anybody. I totally have a free and open feeling about how other humans want to live their lives. It's just not something that has any real significance for me.
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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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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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I try to be cynical, but it's so hard to keep up.
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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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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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My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.
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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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Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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Did you know, in the entire universe, we are the only intelligent life forms thought to have a Miss Universe contest?
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After all, in private, we're all misfits
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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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I wanted to be a stage actress. I wanted to be a New York actress and have a community with other actors. I didn't want to get famous I always thought getting famous was a drag on you.
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We're giving jobs to people who would otherwise be out of work if we weren't exploiting cheap labor.
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If life is so meaningless, then why are we always bringing it up?
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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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