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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I don't drink alcohol too late in the evening; I read a good book.
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I'm an optimist - I feel like an amazing part of life is that at any moment.
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I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I've been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises.
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To conquer by sheer force is becoming harder and harder every day. Defensive is getting continuously the advantage of offensive, as we progress in the satanic science of destruction.
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In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation.
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And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
