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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. - 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 considered well-viewed.
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About Lily Tomlin
Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin (born 1 September 1939) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer who has been a major force in American comedy since the late 1960s, when she began a career as a stand-up comedian and became a featured performer on television's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She is married to her longtime companion and collaborator Jane Wagner.
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The larger picture is really to swing people's awareness of what really is moral. ... There are great clergy-people who absolutely do not agree with this. It's not whether God is on our side or whether we're doing God's will, it's being so narcissistic as to think that God is telling you what to do.
The Advocate interview (2005)
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