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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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Detroit
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Mary Jean Tomlin
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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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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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There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.
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Sexual freedom and liberation has to be of your own making. I'm stunned when I hear about friends' children, ten or twelve years old giving blow jobs. I just don't like the girls being used or exploited in that way. It's just indiscriminate sexual relating. It's just the isolated things.
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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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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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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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If you can't be direct, why be?
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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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I think life is perverse. It can be beautiful, but it won't.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
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If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.
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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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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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