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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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Women
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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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Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse.
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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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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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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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Michael Jackson was a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich white woman
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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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It's like, duh. Just when you thought there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the two parties, the Republicans go and prove you're wrong.
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Calling George Bush shallow is like calling a dwarf short.
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...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.
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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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Texas is not a civilized place. Texans shoot one another a lot. They also knife, razor, and stomp one another to death with some frequency. And they fight in bars all the time.
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Either we figure out how to keep corporate cash out of the political system or we lose the democracy.
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Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim and hearts gotta bleed.
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I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.
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Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.
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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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Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.
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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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Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
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