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Manners are just a formal expression of how you treat people.
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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
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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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The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.
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Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!
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Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.
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