Molly Ivins Quotes
As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.
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Antidepressants can have troubling side effects and are addictive for some people.
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There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them.
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I always wanted to go against hat grain because it was too restricting.
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I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.
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It's funny how sometimes you learn things off the Internet before they're actually told to you.
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I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home.
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If a doctor said you had stomach cancer, would you consult Rush Limbaugh for a second opinion? Of course, that sounds like nonsense, but many Americans have no qualms about listening to political commentators and untrained activists when it comes to even more complex scientific questions.
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The fashion industry might persist to label me as plus-sized, but I like to think of it as my-sized.
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I am not one of those who wants Obama to fail. If he does well, that means the country's doing well.
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Think about just exceeding expectations of every job you're being asked to do. Continually ask for feedback on how it's going. Ask everybody involved what you can do to do an even better job, and the world will beat down your door trying to ask you to do more and more.
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The librarians know the secrets, not the historians
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Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.
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Dictum sapienti sat est.
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Kids, don't be too big to accept advice.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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As I have pointed out time and again, it's a hell of a lot cheaper to send little kids to school than it is to let them grow up into young thugs who have to be sent to prison, not to mention the savings in the wear and tear on the nerves, property, and safety of the rest of the citizenry.
