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After all, in private, we're all misfits

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
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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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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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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 have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves… I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
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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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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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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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Thank God kids never mean well
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Did you know, throughout the cosmos they found intelligent life forms that play to play? We are the only ones that play to win. Explains why we have more than our share of losers.
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You are what you think ... geez, that's frightening.
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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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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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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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The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
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What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.
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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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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.
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