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Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
Molly Ivins
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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
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Monterey
California
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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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no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.
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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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The advantage of being able to identify sin is that you can go out and do it, and enjoy it.
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Behind a smoke screen of high-profile female appointees and soothing slogans, George W. Bush is waging war on women.
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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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It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
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Nice is a pallid virtue. Not like honesty or courage or perseverance. On the other hand, in a nation notably lacking in civility, there is much to be said for nice.
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I know: Guns Don't Kill People. But I suspect that they have something to do with it. If you point your finger at someone and say, Bang, bang, you're dead, not much actually happens.
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This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
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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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What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
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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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...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.
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We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.
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Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.
Molly Ivins
Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.
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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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Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.
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I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
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