Molly Ivins Quotes
And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
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Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
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If the American government can't stand behind the dollar, the world's benchmark currency, then the global financial system will very likely enter a new era in which there is much less trade and much less economic growth. It would be, by most accounts, the largest self-imposed financial disaster in history.
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I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
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How can you be an atheist and have an ideology to go with it? To be an atheist is to be free of some areas of belief. I don't see how that can become an ideology.
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'Taxicab Confessions' always cracks me up. And if you are in the mood for a good game show, I like 'Survivor' because it's well made.
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There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
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You want to know whether I can make a long speech, such as you are in the habit of hearing; but that is not my way.
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I always played soccer in Adidas, but I always wore Nikes. I love street sportswear.
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You need to know what is worth letting go. And this generally comes with time and patience.
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Anyhow, I don't think Don King's a very good man. But then again, I doubt that a good man *could* succeed in his business. I'm sure boxing was a dirty sport before he came around. He may have just made it moreso. So that's about all I've got to say about him.
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It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations a deux. But those who dismiss him as shallow because his rhetoric was fustian err.
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The political writer, then, is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives.
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I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record. Now I go home. No rackets. I really don't like these rackets.
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In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.
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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
