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Lily Tomlin
September 1, 1939 -
Nationality: American
Category: Actress
Subcategory: American Actress

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

   

Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

   

It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

   

We have reason to believe that man first walked upright to free his hands for masturbation.

   

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?

   

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.

   

No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.

   

Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

   

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

   

What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.

   

Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.

   

Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.

   

There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.

   

I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.

   

Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?

   

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

   

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

   

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.

   

We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.

   

We're all in this alone.

   

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