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...you could have knocked me over with Michael Huffington's brain.

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Molly Ivins
Age: 62 †
Born: 1944
Born: August 30
Died: 2007
Died: January 31
Columnist
Journalist
Writer
Monterey
California
Knocked
Michael
Brain

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This is the man (Ronald Reagan) who proved that ignorance is no handicap to the presidency
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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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I think of Texas as the laboratory for bad government.
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As for George Bush of Kennebunkport, Maine- personally I think he's further evidence that the Great Scriptwriter in the Sky has an overdeveloped sense of irony.
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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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My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. How do you Latinas do this all the time in touch with your emotions? I asked her. That's why we take siestas, she replied.
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Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.
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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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It's hard to convince people that you're killing them for their own good.
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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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Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.
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Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
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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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What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority.
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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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He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes.
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During a recent panel on the numerous failures of American journalism, I proposed that almost all stories about government should begin: “Look out! They're about to smack you around again!
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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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Americans are not getting screwed by the Republican Party. They're getting screwed by the large corporations that bought and own the Republican Party.
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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
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