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Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.

Lily Tomlin

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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
Michigan
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Growing

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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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