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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
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I used to go on college campuses 25 years ago and announce I was a feminist, and people thought it meant I believed in free love and was available for a quick hop in the sack. ... Now I go on college campuses and say I'm a feminist, and half of them think it means I'm a lesbian. How'd we get from there to here without passing Go?
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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.
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Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
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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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Of course, it has never paid much.
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...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.
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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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One thing that corporations do not do is give out money out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided me the time and experience and failures and triumphs and friends who helped me step into the shape that had been waiting for me all my life.
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In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.
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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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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 don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.
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Texas is a fine place for men and dogs, but hell on women and horses.
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The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.
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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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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
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This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
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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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Reading Ehrenreich is good for the soul.
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