Molly Ivins Quotes
Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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Fishing provides that connection with the whole living world. It gives you the opportunity of being totally immersed, turning back into yourself in a good way. A form of meditation, some form of communion with levels of yourself that are deeper than the ordinary self.
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The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us.
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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself.
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I think, the people around home are very supportive to us.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.
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Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
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Should I be the happy mortal destined to turn the scale of war, will you not rejoice, O my father?
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Quite often, I have a compelling sense of how a role should be played. And I'm proved - equally as often - quite wrong.
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It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your best acting.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in introducing another perspective on the news that the American market is in need for.
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It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.
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Brains, you see, vary a lot from person to person - they vary as much as faces do.
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The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind,And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
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The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.
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I felt that writing about peoples' lives was a heck of a responsibility, and I wanted to know them in a deep way.
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It's not about how much you make: it's about how good the quality is. You'll be better off as a company making fewer things and concentrating on those and how you bring those to market... in a very less cluttered way, even though the marketplace is more cluttered.
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I'm no different than others with cancer. I just happen to play professional baseball. I'm part of those statistics that cancer has touched as well.
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Your appearance shouldn't define who you are, and that's what I like, the contrast between people looking like the opposite of what they truly are deep inside.
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I get egotistical about things where I can do something well - for example, my singing. Most other things, I don't have the wherewithal to back it up.
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People ask me, 'Have you ever considered doing stand-up?' To me it would be less offensive if someone asked me, 'Have you ever considered dental implants?'
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Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.
