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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.

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
Wonder
Cowboys
Imagine
Ballerina
Wanted
Nurses
Nothing
Cowboy
Mean
Nurse
Would
Filled
Ballerinas
Like
Became
Firemen
World
Grew
Fireman

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