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Being a New Yorker is never having to say you are sorry.

Lily Tomlin

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Lily Tomlin
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: September 1
Actress
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Detroit
Michigan
Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
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Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.
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