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Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

Molly Ivins

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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
Columnist
Journalist
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Monterey
California
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Much
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Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
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It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
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the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.
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I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.
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In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
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Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.
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Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
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You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.
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Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh at them.
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It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good.
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The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion.
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This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
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As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he's further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.
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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
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Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong, not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems. Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things, not the ones who just blame others.
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I'm sorry that government involves filling out a lot of forms. ... I'm sorry myself that we're not still on the frontier, where we could all tote guns, shoot anything that moved and spit to our hearts' content. But we live in a diverse and crowded country, and with civilization comes regulation.
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My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions? I asked her. That's why we take siestas, she replied.
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I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
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The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.
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