Molly Ivins Quotes
So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.
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The Eagle soars in the summit of Heaven, The Hunter with his dogs pursues his circuit.
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Requiring governments to make all publicly held information and data available to people - thus giving citizens a powerful tool to expose corruption - is just one aspect of the accountability revolution that can be unleashed if the report’s recommendations are implemented in full.
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There is hardly a pioneer's hut which does not contain a few odd volumes of Shakespeare. I remember reading the feudal drama of Henry V for the first time in a log cabin.
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Truth is … one approach to the attainment of the good, but in and of itself, it is neither the good nor the beautiful … Socrates, Pascal, and others regarded knowledge of the truth with regard to purposeless objects as incongruous with the good … by exposing deception, truth destroys illusion, which is the principle attribute of beauty.
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Kane is a band I formed with my best friend Steve Carlson. We just got together and started playing guitar. He was playing some old school rock and roll, and we got together and thought, 'Hey, let's take this on the road.'
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If you think the products don't match what you want from a product, don't buy it.
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I live with three boys, and I can't tell you how hard it is to get your hands on toilet paper. They steal it.
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I can't bring out something I've already worn. I want to make sure I don't look down. I want people to say, 'Man, he looks good'.
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I don't think of myself as an American Master. I've just been making a living.
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It's not going to matter, but there's a part of me, a human part of me, that wants to be 60 years old, watching a Seahawks game, and they're talking about the days back when I was playing. I want to be able to feel that. I want to know what that feels like.
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Teenage readers also have a different relationship with the authors whose work they value than adult readers do. I loved Toni Morrison, but I don't have any desire to follow her on Twitter. I just want to read her books.
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I've been watching 'Californication' since the pilot aired and had always thought that it would be so much fun to guest star on.
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One of my favorite things to make is homemade sushi. I know how to make the rolls and it's really fun to do.
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The right to err, which means the freedom to try experiments, is the universal condition of all progress.
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I can't stand that asshole Ryan Seacrest and here's why. He can't sing. He can't dance. He has no talent. When is he gonna go away?
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So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
