Lily Tomlin Quotes
If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.
Quotes to Explore
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You can't just keep recycling revivals. And you can't keep betting on the efforts of guys like me who've been around. You have to take the next step and bet on the next generation.
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All who call the Holy Ghost a creature we pity, on the ground that, by this utterance, they are falling into the unpardonable sin of blasphemy against Him.
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Fitness has always been one of the top priorities in my life because that's the way I grew up, with soccer being the sport of choice.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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I turned sadness into an anthem for not letting anything or anyone slow you down.
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I'm not going away. I'll still be very much involved in the team but not with the same number of hours. I need to move over and allow the people who are really doing the job the space to do so.
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I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.
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I just love to see people having a good time.
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I have lost my short-term memory - I'm just getting blonder by the day.
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.
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In France, a first lady has no status, and therefore she isn't supposed to do anything else.
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With Loopt Star, consumers get to tap interactive rewards wherever they may be.
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What sought they thus afar?Bright jewels of the mine,The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?They sought a faith's pure shrine.
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The nourishing fruit of the historically understood contains time as a precious but tasteless seed.
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Même au point de vue des plus insignifiantes choses de la vie, nous ne sommes pas un tout matériellement constitué, identique pour tout le monde et dont chacun n'a qu'à aller prendre connaissance comme d'un cahier des charges ou d'un testament; notre personnalité sociale est une création de la pensée des autres.
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We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.
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On the religious themes of The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here.**Interview with Revolver Magazine, March 2013.
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I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.
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The strategy behind the Kyoto Protocol has no grounding in economics or environmental policy.
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Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary.
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Being rich and famous seems to have its ups and downs. That's the price you pay for being troubadours and clowns.
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You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try'.
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If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well-viewed.
