“If you can't be direct, why be?”

—  Lily Tomlin

Recounting what a college classmate said to her when she was acting "insecure and wimpy", as quoted at Tomlin's official site. http://www.lilytomlin.com/lily/quotes.htm

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American actress, comedian, writer, and producer 1939

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