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I know vegetarians don't like to hear this, but God made an awful lot of land that's good for nothing but grazing.

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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