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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There was no activation of any part of the brain involved in social engagement. In response to being looked at they simply went into survival mode. What does this mean for their ability to make friends and get along with others?
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In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.
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The point about manic depression or bipolar disorder, as it's now more commonly called, is that it's about mood swings. So, you have an elevated mood. When people think of manic depression, they only hear the word depression. They think one's a depressive. The point is, one's a manic-depressive.
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To make war all you need is intelligence. But to win you need talent and material.
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The beauty in the losing is a loss finally of self-consciousness. There's a gorgeous moment that can happen in all kinds of places. It can happen with people, it can happen with nature, and it can happen with my eyes shut anywhere I am.
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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
