Molly Ivins Quotes
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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The high-grossing films are not all that interesting to me, I have to say. It's not stuff I would want to be in. Yes, you would want the big paycheck, but that's never really been my concern.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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'Madden' is all about speed, and the Falcons have it on both sides of the ball. I love playing sports games. I played my PlayStation so much, I pretty much wore it out.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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Are you used to entertaining everyone with your tales of drama and conflict? Do you get attention and feel important every time you complain about how awful this man is? Stop settling for attention for the negative stuff in your life.
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These days, everything is magnified very quickly by the media - the slightest slip can turn into a catastrophe.
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It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition.
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It's easy to say, 'I'm going to build something that already exists,' but it's difficult to clearly and succinctly describe something new.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
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My vintage Levi's are my favorite on the show, 'cause they really fit.
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When the time is right, I will do female-centric films.
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Your anger is a gift.
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Our lives are pretty calm. Merging on the freeway in the closest you get to risking your life. So what's missing now is that primal emotion of being scared to death, and I think that's why people crave thrills like roller coasters or scary movies. They give you the chance to feel this very primal emotion in a very controlled environment.
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Self-justification is a treacherous servant.
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I just love what I do. I'm not worried about any burnout.
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I'm not a big jazz fan.
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I know when I was growing up in New York, whenever I turned on the television, I never saw a face that looked like me. Whenever there was an Asian person on television, it would be a huge event, me calling to my older sister 'There's an Asian person on television!' It was unheard of back then.
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Obviously, we have a political season in the United States, and there's always different winds that blow on that.
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The questions about my father are inevitable, regardless of the characters I create or the subject matter.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.
