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10 Lady Life Lessons I Learned from Liz Lemon

Liz Lemon: the "oh, brother" eye-roll queen, "I can have it all" advocate, accidentally sagacious, admissibly tragic, and wonderfully hilarious lady lead of the hit NBC show "30 Rock".

Mackenzie Garle

Mar 11, 2020

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Liz Lemon is a spirit animal of sorts for the average lady trying to find a balance between career, love, family, and cheese. At this point in my life, having clocked around 300 hours of "30 Rock" watch-time, I have found that there is a Liz Lemon one-liner for every occasion: A list of lady life lessons I learned from Liz Lemon…

Liz Lemon taught me that one of the most important lessons a young lady must learn is to know her worth…and her limits

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"You wanna party? It's $500 for kissing and $10,000 for snuggling; end of list."

Knowing your limits is being honest with yourself. Liz Lemon taught me to tell the truth and to NEVER eat Sushi you bought on a train

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"'Cause living a lie will eat you up inside. Like that parasite I got from eating sushi on Amtrak."

Liz Lemon knows that a supremely sarcastic eye-roll that perfectly punctuates your distain for all things is always the answer

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"I want to roll my eyes right now but the doctor said if I keep doing it, my ocular muscles might spasm and eject my eyeballs."

Liz Lemon taught me that there's no shame in being a woman and that we can all learn from each other

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"I did Big Sister in college. That little girl taught me how to use tampons."

From Liz Lemon, I learned that the combination of punishing cynicism and fanciful meet-cute aspirations may result in flirting faux-pas

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"Ugh, I hate January. It's dark and freezing and everyone's wearing bulky coats. You can do some serious subway flirting before you realize the guy is homeless."

Finding “the one” so you can “have it all” can be challenging. Liz Lemon taught me that if a man hits on you ALWAYS ask for Mozzarella sticks. If he says no, he’s not the one

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" I already have a drink. Do you think he'd buy me mozzarella sticks?"

While Liz’s wardrobe could be described as functional and food-stained, I did learn some valuable lessons from her mistakes. For example, matching isn’t always the answer

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"Jack taught me not to wear tan slacks with a tan turtleneck. I thought it looked nice, but he, rightly, pointed out that it made me look like a giant condom."

Liz Lemon taught me that you don’t have to believe in God to ‘believe in something’

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"I pretty much just do whatever Oprah tells me to."

Liz Lemon knows that an important part of finding a work-life balance is accepting that it’s okay to stay home, wrapped up in your Snuggie (that you’re definitely wearing as a joke), and enjoying your “night cheese”

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"One of my New Year's resolutions is to say "yes!" Yes to love, yes to life, yes to staying in more!"

And most importantly, Liz Lemon taught me the importance of supporting other women, but that sometimes you have to be your own biggest supporter

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"I support women. I'm like a human bra."

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Liz Lemon: the "oh, brother" eye-roll queen, "I can have it all" advocate, accidentally sagacious, admissibly tragic, and wonderfully hilarious lady lead of the hit NBC show "30 Rock".

Liz Lemon taught me that one of the most important lessons a young lady must learn is to know her worth…and her limits

Knowing your limits is being honest with yourself. Liz Lemon taught me to tell the truth and to NEVER eat Sushi you bought on a train

Liz Lemon knows that a supremely sarcastic eye-roll that perfectly punctuates your distain for all things is always the answer

Liz Lemon taught me that there's no shame in being a woman and that we can all learn from each other

From Liz Lemon, I learned that the combination of punishing cynicism and fanciful meet-cute aspirations may result in flirting faux-pas

Finding “the one” so you can “have it all” can be challenging. Liz Lemon taught me that if a man hits on you ALWAYS ask for Mozzarella sticks. If he says no, he’s not the one

While Liz’s wardrobe could be described as functional and food-stained, I did learn some valuable lessons from her mistakes. For example, matching isn’t always the answer

Liz Lemon taught me that you don’t have to believe in God to ‘believe in something’

Liz Lemon knows that an important part of finding a work-life balance is accepting that it’s okay to stay home, wrapped up in your Snuggie (that you’re definitely wearing as a joke), and enjoying your “night cheese”

And most importantly, Liz Lemon taught me the importance of supporting other women, but that sometimes you have to be your own biggest supporter

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The Best Lines from the Fab Four

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you

Love is old, love is new, love is all, love is you

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend

He say, "I know you, you know me", One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

Oh please, say to me, You'll let me be your man. And please say to me, You'll let me hold your hand

It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. They've been going in and out of style, but they're guaranteed to raise a smile

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Can you hear me? When it rains and shine, it's just a state of mind

Little darling, it's been long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it' s been here. Here comes the sun, Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright

We danced through the night and we held each other tight, and before too long I fell in love with her. Now, I'll never dance with another when I saw her standing there

I love you, I love you, I love you, that's all I want to say

You say you want a revolution. Well you know, we all want to change the world

All the lonely people, where do they all come from. All the lonely people, where do they all belong

Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends

Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday

And when the brokenhearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be.

And anytime you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

I'll give you all I got to give if you say you'll love me too. I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you. I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love

All you need is love, love is all you need

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Though I know I'll never lose affection, for people and things that went before. I know I'll often stop and think about them. In my life, I love you more

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There have been many lessons learned.

1. The importance of traditions.

2. How to be thankful for family and friends.

3. How to give back.

4. What the word "community" really means.

5. That it isn't about the destination, but the journey.

6. The consequences of making bad choices.

7. To trust people, until you have a reason not to.

8. To be welcoming and accepting of everyone.

9. How to be my own, individual person.

10. How to work for what I want.

11. How to be great at giving directions.

12. How to be humble.

13. To be well-rounded.

14. How to be great at conflict resolution.

15. The beauty of getting outside and exploring.

16. To be prepared for anything.

17. That you don't always have to do it alone.

18. How to be creative.

19. To brush off gossip.

I have never been so thankful to know you.

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Don't freak out

Email the professor

Attend the first class

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