317 Quotes by Molly Ivins

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    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.

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    I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.

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    The Libertarians, of whom I'm rather fond, are running Harry Browne. Libertarians are, just as they claim, principled and consistent- they believe in individual liberty. Commendable as they are, and despite their reliability as allies in civil liberties struggles, you may notice that Libertarians sometimes prove that a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, and that there is a difference between logic and wisdom.

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    The Founders were right all along, but the results are a lot funnier than they intended.

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    We've had trickle down economics in the country for ten years now, and most of us aren't even damp yet.

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    Sometimes I think Texas exists as a reality check for those who might wander too far toward the precious.

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    Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.

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