Molly Ivins Quotes
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Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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We must not stop speaking the truth to the radical parties because voters will follow those who speak the truth, and European politics will grow more radical, which is in nobody's interest.
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No matter who the prime minister is, incremental changes take place. The economy moves on.
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There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it's much easier to say, 'No comment.'
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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'Dexter' I'm very fond of. I got addicted to that.
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It's so great to show up at work and truly enjoy every word you say.
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I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time, unable to get an agent or publisher to even read the manuscript.
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Love is a naked shadow On a gnarled and naked tree.
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So gewiß ist der allein glücklich und groß, der weder zu herrschen noch zu gehorchen braucht, um etwas zu sein!
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Having spent time on the Broadway stage definitely helps one's confidence in terms of feeling just validated in that world. Most people only know my voice as a country artist.
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I did a pilot for Fox years ago called 'Faceless,' with Sean Bean. I always thought it was such a cool show because it was really raw. I thought we were pushing it. This was back at a time before there was the 'cable standard.'
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I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
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There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues.
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I've always been a Civil War buff. In fact, the ships that always fascinated me the most were the ironclads, because they were the start of an era.
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Life's too short to drink bad wine or smoke poor cigars.
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When you’re invisible, no one can see that you’re different.
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The reason I wanted to become an organ player was because I heard Ray Charles play on Quincy Jones' arrangement of "One Mint Julep." I heard that sound, and it just struck me. I thought that's what I want to do with my life. That's the sound I want to try to make.
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The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.
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Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.
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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
