Don't be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.

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• Lily Tomlin:

  Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wi

• Lily Tomlin:

  If you read a lot of books, you're considered well-read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not c

• Lily Tomlin:

  You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current

• Lily Tomlin:

  I mean yes to act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a

• Lily Tomlin:

  I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.

• Lily Tomlin:

  But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for

• Lily Tomlin:

  I especially love 'Web Therapy' and I did 'Eastbound and Down' too. I had a lot of fun doing that.

• Lily Tomlin:

  I was always drawn to more the social-expression-of-culture types.

• Lily Tomlin:

  What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.

• Lily Tomlin:

  Creating characters is just another way to express a type and put that type to use.