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Lily Tomlin [1939-0] American

Rank: 101
Actress

Lily Tomlin is an American actress, comedian, writer, singer and producer. Tomlin began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s.

Funny, Success, Alone, Beauty, Failure, God, Government, Home, Imagination, Society, Teacher, Thankful, Truth, War

Quote	Tags	Rank
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.	Success	101
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.	Society	102
I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.	Home, Teacher	103
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.	Government	104
If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?	Beauty, Funny, Truth	105
Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?	God	106
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.		107
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.	Funny	108
We don't care. We don't have to. We're the phone company.		109
If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?	Funny	110
I've always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.		111
The road to success is always under construction.	Success	112
Remember we're all in this alone.	Alone	113
No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.		114
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.		115
Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.	Failure	116
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.	Funny	117
The best mind-altering drug is the truth.		118
I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.	War	119
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.		120
For fast-acting relief try slowing down.		121
Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination.	Imagination	122
It's my belief we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.		123
I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.		124
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.		125
I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain.		126
There's so much plastic in this culture that vinyl leopard skin is becoming an endangered synthetic.		201
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.		202
We are all in this together, by ourselves.		203
Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?		204
If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.		205
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.		206
You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.		207
What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.		208
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!	Thankful	209
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.		210
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.		211
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.		212
I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.		213
We're all in this alone.		214
What is reality, anyway? Just a collective hunch.		215
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.		216
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.		217
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.		218
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.		219
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.		220
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.		221
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.		222
I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.		223
Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.		224

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