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We are people with lives, not consumers with lifestyles.

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
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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 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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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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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If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
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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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Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.
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You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.
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If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.
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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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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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After all, in private, we're all misfits
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Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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The start to a better world is the belief that it is possible.
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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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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.
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Thank God kids never mean well
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Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
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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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