Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.

About Lily Tomlin

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Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born September 1, 1939) is an American actress and comedian. Tomlin started her career in stand-up comedy and sketch comedy before transitioning her career to acting across stage and screen. In a career spanning more than fifty years, Tomlin has received numerous accolades, including seven Emmy...

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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.

If truth is beauty, how come no one has her hair done in a library?

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No matter how cynical you get, it's almost impossible to keep up.

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then—we elected them.

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Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?

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Saving someone's life is like falling in love, the best drug in the world.

—Paul Schrader

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Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you're not there anymore. It's better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.

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When, at some point in our lives, we meet a real tragedy—which could happen to any one of us—we can react in two ways. Obviously, we can lose hope, let ourselves slip into discouragement, into alcohol, drugs, and unending sadness. Or else we can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.

—14th Dalai Lama

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I hate to advocate drugs, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.

—Hunter S. Thompson

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I don't use drugs; my dreams are frightening enough.

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