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" Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use. "
Lily Tomlin
Characters
Use
Just
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" But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money. "
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" I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific. "
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" If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed. "
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" You don't really need to get married, but marriage is awfully nice. Everybody I know who got married, they say it really makes a difference. They feel very, very happy about it. "
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" I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody. "
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" I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat. "
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" Many times I sit back and say, 'I can't believe that this is my life!' Other times, I feel self-satisfied. I mean, there's a lot to be proud and thankful for but, nonetheless, it's just a life! "
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" 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. "
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" I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types. "
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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. "
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" No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up. "
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" When I was 9 or 10, I had a ten-cent business: I would walk your dog for a dime, go to the store for a dime, empty your garbage for a dime - and then I could use the money to buy tricks at the magic store. "
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Money
" We are all in this together, by ourselves. "
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Together
" What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains. "
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Appreciate
Audience
" If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question? "
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" I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else. "
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Thinking
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" I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them. "
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" Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse. "
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Before
Lot
" Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. "
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Failure
Had
Opportunities
" I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is captured so that's a little more daunting. "
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Performance
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" Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic? "
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" If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? "
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" Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet? "
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" The best mind-altering drug is the truth. "
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" I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that. "
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" We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company. "
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