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" I have known George W. Bush slightly since we were both in high school, and I studied him closely as governor. He is neither mean nor stupid. What we have here is a man shaped by three intertwining strands of Texas culture, combined with huge blinkers of class. The three Texas themes are religiosity, anti-intellectualism, and machismo. "

Molly Ivins

Man

Texas

Stupid

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" 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. "

" In Congress, there are some who are unashamed to aspire to eloquence, even to scholarship, but the only state legislator I ever knew who would not join in the mispronounceciation of a word for the sake of camaraderie with her fellows was former State Senator and Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. "

" I worked through cancer twice. I probably worked through it too much the last time. This time, I found myself saying, 'Well, I don't feel well. I think I'll take the day off.' I think I did that even a little bit more than I needed to. "

" The danger of the blogosphere is reading only those you agree with. While there are right-wing blogs that are entertaining freak shows, it's hard to find substantial journalism there. "

" Sometimes misunderstandings between bloggers and the MSM are the result of simple ignorance. "

" Texas is still resistant to Howard Johnsons, interstate highways and some forms of phoniness. It is the place least likely to become a replica of everyplace else. It's authentically awful, comic, and weirdly charming, all at the same time. "

" The greatest moral leader of my lifetime was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose private life does not bear close examination. "

" If you grew up white before the civil rights movement anywhere in the South, all grown-ups lied. They'd tell you stuff like, 'Don't drink out of the colored fountain, dear, it's dirty.' In the white part of town, the white fountain was always covered with chewing gum and the marks of grubby kids' paws, and the colored fountain was always clean. "

" 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. "

Molly Ivins

Dallas

Years

" If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely. "

" I'm happy to be called a liberal. "

Molly Ivins

Happy

Liberal

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

" 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. "

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

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

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Laugh

" In truth, there is no rational argument for guns in this society. This is no longer a frontier nation in which people hunt their own food. It is a crowded, overwhelmingly urban country in which letting people have access to guns is a continuing disaster. "

" It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. "

" 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. "

" And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me. "

" Legislative language is governed by a law of etymology that is also the ancient code of the bureaucracy: It doesn't have to be right, it just has to be close enough for government work. If they understand what you mean, it doesn't matter what you say or how you say it. "

" How come trying to explode myths about Texas always winds up reinforcing them? "

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Always

Trying

" 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. "

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