Molly Ivins Quotes
Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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I'm just saying if you want to reach large audiences, then rely on professionals, meaning people who are in the industry and are trained for it, rather than just idiot savants.
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I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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If I don't get healthy food, my staff cooks for me.
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I am convinced after more than 50 years in the field of motivation that anyone who wants to learn to look at life and/or their circumstances in a positive light can do so.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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I had no interest in sports so I didn't make friends in that traditional way where kids are in public school and they go and they join clubs, and play sports. So I kind of had to find my own way to make friends and get attention and so I just was the class clown.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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I want to be a female artist who is honest. I want to encourage other girls to be honest with who they are and not try to be picture perfect, because it's a woman's imperfections that make her perfect anyway.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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I'm doing exactly what I should be doing, every day on the road.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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Live your dream. Know what you want to do and never take no for an answer.
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I have run across characters in my political career that have that singular focus of being someone, being in a position of power.
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I completely disagree if someone says that corruption of junior government officers should be overlooked.
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We are deeply pleased that the government has agreed to the smooth implementation of the cease-fire agreement.
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For many years, when still a Yugoslav citizen, I was already a Swiss patriot, and in 1959, I obtained Swiss citizenship. However, I consider myself a world citizen, and I am very grateful to my adopted country that it allows me to be one.
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Any nation that can survive what we have lately in the way of government, is on the high road to permanent glory.
