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If you ever get to the place where injustice doesn't bother you, you're dead.

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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Monterey
California
Ever
Bother
Injustice
Dead
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