Molly Ivins quotes

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. (Molly Ivins)
Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that. View quote
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On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don't need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done. View quote
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I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part and discuss it only with consenting adults. View quote
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Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. View quote
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As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office. View quote
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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. View quote
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On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal." View quote
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Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists, we are proponents of regulated capitalism and, I might add, people who have read American history. View quote
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Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't 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. View quote
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All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don't think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it's all marvelous fun. (Molly Ivins)
My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this-all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied. View quote
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I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag. View quote
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The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging. View quote
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There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack. View quote
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I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off. View quote
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What you need is sustained outrage... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority. View quote
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Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear. View quote
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I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. View quote
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Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. View quote
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I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric. (Molly Ivins)
Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather. View quote
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Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim, and hearts gotta bleed. View quote
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I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. View quote
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Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. View quote
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