I always wanted to be ...

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.
 Lily Tomlin

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

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I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.
 Lily Tomlin
There will be sex after death, we just won't be able to feel it.
 Lily Tomlin
People hire me to create some kind of archetype or some culture type, or something. I guess they accept whatever I come up with.
 Lily Tomlin
The thing that most distresses me is whenever I see things over sexualized, I worry about young girls. Some of the fall out of the feminist movement is that it made younger and younger girls more sexually available. It's part of the philosophy, be your own person and be free. But, girls are so over sexualized in this culture.
 Lily Tomlin
I have always felt that humor was a wonderful vehicle to let us become connected with each other and ourselves… I try to portray the similarities and polarities in men and women, so that we can acknowledge and embrace our collective consciousness.
 Lily Tomlin