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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
Voice Actor
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Mary Jean Tomlin
Mary Jean Lily Tomlin
Yorker
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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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I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.
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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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There's nothing sadder than getting to the end of your life and saying, 'I didn't do it right'.
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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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Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.
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