Molly Ivins Quotes
It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.
Quotes to Explore
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.
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I really am a cockeyed optimist.
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Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn out to be conscious of, and therefore plays a part in the coming into being of whatever exists for us.
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There is a lot of melody and things that sound familiar in hundreds of songs.
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The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achieved if we rationalize spending, invest available resources wisely, and clamp down on tax evasion.
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The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.
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Turkey is fine, but if I don't have the sides, forget about it. And cornbread stuffing is at the center of my plate. I will have about six sides and then a little bit of turkey and gravy.
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It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style is very military influenced. The snare drum comes from the military and becomes the core kind of sound of jazz drums.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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The sound system influence is undeniable in hip-hop, in jungle, drum and bass, now EDM.
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I want to coach because I love it. I don't want to sound hokey, but when you play for Frank McGuire, Dean Smith, and Pete Newell - they taught me a lot - I want to share what they taught me with a lot of people. I don't want to stop doing this.
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The energy Major Lazer presents on stage is guided by sound system sessions of years ago.
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In my first publishable research, I obtained evidence that the replication of polio viral RNA engendered a multi-stranded intermediate, although my description of that intermediate proved flawed in its details.
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Once you embrace unpleasant news, not as a negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren't defeated by it. You're learning from it.
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Winter solitude - in a world of one colour the sound of the wind.
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When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
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There's a thing I really mind hearing, when someone says: "That's not my kind of film, I don't want to go and see that..." I don't believe that, I don't believe that it's possible to write off a whole genre of filmmaking - "oh I don't like subtitled films", or "I don't like black and white films", or I don't like films made before or after, a certain date" - I don't believe that.
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From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless.
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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.
