Molly Ivins Quotes
What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.
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Just because you have a piece of trash and you throw it away and it gets hauled away, it doesn't mean that it's not affecting someone else.
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Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution.
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Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.
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I'm greedy for work, and at times, I wish a month had more days, or the day had more number of hours, so that I could work more. I'm happy to be busy.
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You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill, would be your adopting a common sense attitude; that you could take it for granted that I was deluded.
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Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do.
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Every town has its dark side, but I spend time in New York for my dark inspiration.
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If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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People don't run out of dreams - people just run out of time.
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The Lord's Prayer reminds us that God longs for His people to communicate with Him, not just in church on Sunday, but wherever we are and whatever our need.
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What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols.
