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" I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as an instant result. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president. "

" Satire is a weapon, and it can be quite cruel. "

" You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to. "

" There's been a lot of experience with torture in history. It doesn't work. "

" 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. "

" There is never anyone quite so wonderful as the people who were seniors when you were a freshman. "

" The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win. "

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

" Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced. "

" I had sort of given up on conventional journalism. I found it far too restrictive. "

" 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. "

" I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits. "

" The Internet goes doot-doot-doot - it goes sideways. There's nothing hierarchical about it. And the best thing about it is also the worst thing about it, which is there are no gatekeepers on the Internet. Consequently, there's a whole lot of bad information on the Internet. But I think that sorts itself out over time. "

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

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" People asked me during the Iraq war if I was afraid to speak out. I said no. "

" The reason I take Rush Limbaugh seriously is not because he's offensive or right-wing, but because he is one of the few people addressing a large group of disaffected people in this country. And despite his frequent denials, Limbaugh does indeed have a somewhat cult-like effect on his ditto heads. "

" It really is possible to disagree with someone's policies without hating them. Grown-ups can do that. "

" 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. "

" New York is just as provincial as anyone else. "

" It is the stories we don't get, the ones we miss, pass over, fail to recognize, don't pick up on, that will send us to hell. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The trouble with blaming powerless people is that although it's not nearly as scary as blaming the powerful, it does miss the point. Poor people do not shut down factories... Poor people didn't decide to use 'contract employees' because they cost less and don't get any benefits. "

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

" The stakes they play for in politics are paper and money. The chips they play with are your life. "

" If you really wanted to settle down the Middle East, if what you wanted was change in the Middle East, it is perfectly obvious that the first step is resolving the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. "

" I spent my girlhood as a Clydesdale among thoroughbreds. "