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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.

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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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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If trying harder doesn't work, try softer.
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I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.
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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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