Lily Tomlin Quotes
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There is no must in art because art is free.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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I get breakfast when everyone else is on their lunch break. I usually go to Dimes, which is a short walk from my apartment. Usually, I'll have chia pudding or an acai bowl and toast and sausage.
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I'm a four-down guy. I can rush the passer and stop the run. I know I can be a difference-maker.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
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Home is most important in the long run.
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I don't know what these Republican congressmen drink that make them experts on women's reproductive health.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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Nancy Lopez has always been a role model of mine... so to have the opportunity to play for her and spend time with her has been amazing.
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I think being recognized more is something you have to get used to, whether it's here or in California or when I'm traveling. It's more a part of my life. People recognize me from my play or a commercial I've done. It's just a normal part of life now.
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Even when they have nothing, the Irish emit a kind of happiness, a joy.
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Understanding, above all, is a gift we should never offer uninvited.
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In my opinion, no feminism worthy of the name is not methodologically post-marxist.
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The great forces of history were real, after a fashion. But when you examined them closely, those great forces always came down to the dreams and hungers and judgments of individuals. The choices they made were real. They mattered.
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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.
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Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.
