Molly Ivins Quotes
Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.
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I saw a picture of Elvis in blue lame, and thought that if I could recreate that suit and walk down the King's Road in it, someone might pick me up and take me off on a crazy adventure.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu - that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone, we could learn a lot. There'd be less hatred and more harmony.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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One thing is certain: our families are important. Don't get so stressed out and so preoccupied that we neglect one of the greatest things that God has given us, and that's our families.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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Committing unnecessary surgeries is very, very rare. And it's very wrong.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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He Who is your Lord, the All-Merciful cherisheth in His heart the desire of beholding the entire human race as one soul and one body.
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I wish I had stayed and finished my career here in New York.
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Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but don't be fooled, he's as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. He's an unbelievably kind man with a great family.
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I feel like it's my responsibility and my obligation to stand up and to say that which I believe to be the truth.
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We all deal with failure. If you're lucky to have a long career, it's part of the experience.
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If you stick around long enough, you're going to become fashionable eventually.
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Gravity is more powerful where there's more stuff.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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The first thing I would do would be to move forward with an agenda to make sure that we give D.C. the opportunity to elect its own representatives and have some political power on Capitol Hill.
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A letter depends on how you read it, a melody on how you sing it.
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Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar.
