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" I am one of those people who are out of touch with their emotions. I tend to treat my emotions like unpleasant relatives - a long-distance call once or twice or year is more than enough. If I got in touch with them, they might come to stay. "

Molly Ivins

People

Treat

I Am

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" I'd worked for the 'Dallas Times Herald' for ten years, and its death was a kick in the gut the like of which I cannot recall ever having experienced. "

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" Preemptive war is what Israel did in '67 with Arab armies on its borders. "

" I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle. "

" I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar. "

" I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious. "

" I intensely covered Bush when he was Governor of Texas. "

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Intensely

" I think one can easily make a case for taking out Saddam Hussein. In fact, one could probably be made on humanitarian grounds alone. But just as there's a downside risk to doing nothing about this man, there is a very serious downside risk to invading the country. "

" I don't think I've decided much in my life. Don't you think life just happens? "

" People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact. "

" Don't get me started about the media double standard. "

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Double

" One nice thing about the benefit of long experience with la frontera is that we in Texas don't have to run around getting all hysterical about immigrants. The border is porous. When you want cheap labor, you open it up; when you don't, you shut it down. It works to our benefit - it always has. "

" Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists. "

" The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is complete. "

" I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years. "

" Being slightly paranoid is like being slightly pregnant - it tends to get worse. "

" I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. "

" I couldn't find any way to tell the truth in a regular newspaper. "

" We should all laugh more at our elected officials - it's good for us and good for them. "

Molly Ivins

Elected Officials

Laugh

" Laura Bush, it seems, is used to cast a softer light on her husband, who then proceeds to reverse whatever she's just promised. "

" I spend most of my life feeling like I've been shot out of a cannon. "

" One of the few things I like about Bill Clinton is that he has very good manners. If his momma were still alive, I would congratulate her. "

" The thing about democracy, beloveds, is that it is not neat, orderly, or quiet. It requires a certain relish for confusion. "

" Fourteen-year-old boys are not part of a well-regulated militia. Members of wacky religious cults are not part of a well-regulated militia. Permitting unregulated citizens to have guns is destroying the security of this free state. "

" I wouldn't say that dittoheads, as a group, lack the ability to reason. It's just that whenever I run across one, he seems to be at a low ebb in reasoning skills. "

" One of the things I said was that I had been in great hopes that I would become a better person as a result of confronting my own mortality, but it actually never happened. I didn't become a better person. "

" I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part and discuss it only with consenting adults. "

" People like to help. They like to be able to do something for you. Let them. "