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" There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic. "
Lily Tomlin
Plastic
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Culture
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" Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination. "
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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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" 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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" I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types. "
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" I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war. "
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" I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain. "
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" Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world. "
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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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" We're all in this alone. "
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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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" What if it's boring - or if it's not boring, it might be too revealing, or worse, it might be too revealing and still be boring. "
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" We are all in this together, by ourselves. "
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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 guess that's one of the reasons that you do it - work all the time - because it's sort of a high to find something that really works. "
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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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" Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use. "
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" Remember we're all in this alone. "
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" The best mind-altering drug is the truth. "
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" If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? "
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" I never officially came out in any kind of really public way. I just always lived very simply and openly, but the press has never made a big fuss about me or said anything to me. "
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" Reality is nothing but a collective hunch. "
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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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" Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed. "
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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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" The road to success is always under construction. "
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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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