Molly Ivins Quotes
The more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.
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I never allow myself to be pressured.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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We live surrounded by critics, so let them talk, let them criticize me as much as they want. Ultimately, that makes me a better player.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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I'm just glad to be able to work.
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If boomers were always looking to shock, millennials are eager to share.
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I like Kelly Rowland, I think that she's great. It's hard to come out of the group of Destiny's Child and still kick some butt.
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Everybody sort of questioned why we get married on New Year's Day, and of course, the avid sports fans wouldn't come, because they had to watch the Rose Bowl or whatever that is on that day.
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I haven't looked for a golf ball since mulligans were free, which was a law I passed in 1995.
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People aren't just paying more to fill their gas tanks or when they pay for their heating bills for their home; they are paying more at the grocery store, on air travel and for many other daily expenses.
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People are your most valuable asset. Only people can be made to appreciate in value.
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I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old as human history.
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It is not true that the heart wears out - but the body creates this illusion.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
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The more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.
