Molly Ivins Quotes
When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other.
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Every time a young girl comes in and asks me for advice, if you start your conversation with, 'How hard is it as a black woman,' or, 'How hard is it as a woman,' I turn you around. Because I cannot - we cannot look at the roadblocks and see the road at the same time.
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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I'm comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of a large city, a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty and drive.
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I'm proud of the fact that I've taken a lot of big directors, such as Trevor Nunn and Nick Hytner, who were musical virgins, and introduced them to the form.
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So she went into the garden to cut a cabbage-leaf, to make an apple-pie; and at the same time a great she-bear, coming up the street, pops its head into the shop. 'What! no soap?' So he died, and she very imprudently married the barber.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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Canadians are very proud of me, of my career.
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I am proud of having done what I've done. Very proud.
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Something like 'Rust and Bone' would be a dream. Very pared down. 'Orphan Black' is such a challenge. I just need something that isn't as full-on intense as that.
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I love black truffles. I love white truffles.
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Mr. Cosby wanted to do a show not about an upper-middle-class black family, but an upper-middle-class family that happened to be black. Though it sounds like semantics, they're very different approaches.
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Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? … John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. … We would have been failures if Obama had to do the same things we did.
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My work is literally my voice.
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I can't imagine my life without books. My father was an electrical engineer, and my mother was a public school teacher. Books were an integral part of my childhood.
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I wish the American public wasn't so stupid if they realized that half the people on television make a living just to insult the other party.
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Technology has developed to a whole other level and theres the scientist part of me that loves that stuff.
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When Michael Jackson, a poor black boy who grew up to be a rich, white woman, married Elvis Presley's daughter the Scientologist. Makes you proud to be an American, dudn't it?
