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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
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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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Well, if I can be of any help at all, you are in worse trouble than I thought.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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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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If you have a dog or a cat, you know how developed they can be. How sensitive, how aware. They suffer. We all do.
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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 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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Maybe if people started to listen, history would stop repeating itself.
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