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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Molly Ivins
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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
Columnist
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Monterey
California
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Sit up, join up, get on line, get in touch, find out who's raising hell and join them. No use waiting on a bunch of wussy politicians.
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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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Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
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During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're about to smack you around again!
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Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.
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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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As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.
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Conservatives are fond of pointing out there are problems in this world can't be solved by throwing money at them. There are even more that can't be solved by dropping bombs on them.
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When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?
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Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.
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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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Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.
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Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
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I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point--race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.
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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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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
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The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
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Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.
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You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.
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Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman
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