Molly Ivins Quotes
Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!

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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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Injuries are a huge thing for skating. I think skating is a very unnatural sport for the body, very tough on the joints.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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Fundamentals make the market.
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Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them.
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Business is tough; you need tough guys.
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I can be extremely vulnerable. People are tough on me because they think I can handle it.
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It's tough to write beautifully about ugly things, but Mitchell S. Jackson makes it look easy.
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Productive givers focus on acting in the long-term best interests of others, even if it's not pleasant. They have the courage to give the critical feedback we prefer not to hear, but truly need to hear. They offer tough love, knowing that we might like them less, but we'll come to trust and respect them more.
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I'm not the first player to have their home Grand Slam and not perform. There have been a few Australians and French players, you name it. It's a tough thing. But it is one of those things. Would I rather have a Grand Slam in my country than not? I would.
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I'd like to do things to make money to save myself but right now I can't do nothing. If they want to put me in jail, they can do that. It's kind of tough.
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Forever, we all had a real clear understanding of what Parcells' teams looked like and played like: tough as hell and didn't beat themselves.
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If you don't have good horses, it's very tough to win.
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Always marry a woman from Texas. No matter how tough things get, she's seen tougher.
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It's tough campaigning, kissing hands and shaking babies.
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I know that there's a god because I was able to survive everything that I've been through - all of the tough times - and I'm still at the top of my game.
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I worked my way up in the private sector and implemented Georgia's tough voter ID law.
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I had a wonderful childhood, which is tough because it's hard to adjust to a miserable adulthood.
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I am miserable when everything is in order and quiet. Seriously, it's hard for me when I can go home quietly, go to sleep, and get up in the morning without fear and tension.
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The most lasting reputation I have is for an almost ferocious aggressiveness, when in fact I am amiable, indulgent, affectionate, shy and rather timid at heart.
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For me, art is not 'brooding.' It comes from someplace that is more fun and that has a kind of electricity to it.
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God cares a lot more about who we are and who we are becoming than about who we once were.
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The most reliable appliance has simplicity and quality, does what is demanded of it, is economical to use, easy to maintain, and just as easy to repair. ...It also sells best and looks good.
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Mostly, Texas women are tough in some very fundamental ways. Not unfeminine, nor necessarily unladylike, just tough!