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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?

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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I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.
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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.
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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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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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If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?
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For fast-acting relief try slowing down.
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I'm not a religious person. I don't have any desire. To me it's imitative of a conventional culture. I'm all for it for anybody. I totally have a free and open feeling about how other humans want to live their lives. It's just not something that has any real significance for me.
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Nobody is here without a reason. I always had a different sensibility. I like a huge range of comedy - from broad and farcical, the most sensitive, the most understated - but I always wanted my comedy to be more embracing of the species rather than debasing of it.
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Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
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After all, in private, we're all misfits
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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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I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting.
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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, 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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Growing up in Michigan was fine...until I realized where I was.
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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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Does your mind feel more and more like teflon? Nothing sticks to it?
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Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.
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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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