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I am not anti-gun. I’m pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife.
In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We’d turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don’t ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1993-03-09), “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Creators Syndicate column, Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #danger #guncontrol #gunsafety #guns #knife #knives #safety
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I am not anti-gun. I’m pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife.
In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We’d turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don’t ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1993-03-09), “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Creators Syndicate column, Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #danger #guncontrol #gunsafety #guns #knife #knives #safety
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I am not anti-gun. I’m pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife.
In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We’d turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don’t ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1993-03-09), “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Creators Syndicate column, Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #danger #guncontrol #gunsafety #guns #knife #knives #safety
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I am not anti-gun. I’m pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife.
In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We’d turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don’t ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1993-03-09), “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Creators Syndicate column, Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #danger #guncontrol #gunsafety #guns #knife #knives #safety
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I am not anti-gun. I’m pro-knife. Consider the merits of the knife.
In the first place, you have to catch up with someone in order to stab him. A general substitution of knives for guns would promote physical fitness. We’d turn into a whole nation of great runners. Plus, knives don’t ricochet. And people are seldom killed while cleaning their knives.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1993-03-09), “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns,” Creators Syndicate column, Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16945/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #danger #guncontrol #gunsafety #guns #knife #knives #safety
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Me, I think government is a tool, like a hammer. You can use a hammer to build with or you can use a hammer to destroy with. Whether government is good or bad depends on what you use it for and how well you use it. On the whole, it’s a poor idea to put people in charge of government who don’t believe in using it.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16887/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #administration #construction #destruction #endsandmeans #government #hammer #misgovernment #moralagent #morality #purpose #smallgovernment #tool #utilization
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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion. In the meantime, real children — kids who get earaches and like Big Bird and are crabby when they aren’t fed and whose eyes widen in wonder when they meet Santa Claus — will pay the price for this pernicious folly.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1995-12-24), “Look to the Children of the Poor in This Season of Budget-Slashing,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83595/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #conservatives #government #poor #poverty #publicpolicy #rightwing #safetynet #socialprogram #socialwelfare #welfare
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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion. In the meantime, real children — kids who get earaches and like Big Bird and are crabby when they aren’t fed and whose eyes widen in wonder when they meet Santa Claus — will pay the price for this pernicious folly.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1995-12-24), “Look to the Children of the Poor in This Season of Budget-Slashing,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83595/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #conservatives #government #poor #poverty #publicpolicy #rightwing #safetynet #socialprogram #socialwelfare #welfare
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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion. In the meantime, real children — kids who get earaches and like Big Bird and are crabby when they aren’t fed and whose eyes widen in wonder when they meet Santa Claus — will pay the price for this pernicious folly.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1995-12-24), “Look to the Children of the Poor in This Season of Budget-Slashing,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83595/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #conservatives #government #poor #poverty #publicpolicy #rightwing #safetynet #socialprogram #socialwelfare #welfare
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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion. In the meantime, real children — kids who get earaches and like Big Bird and are crabby when they aren’t fed and whose eyes widen in wonder when they meet Santa Claus — will pay the price for this pernicious folly.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1995-12-24), “Look to the Children of the Poor in This Season of Budget-Slashing,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83595/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #conservatives #government #poor #poverty #publicpolicy #rightwing #safetynet #socialprogram #socialwelfare #welfare
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How the American right managed to convince itself that the programs to alleviate poverty are responsible for the consequences of poverty will someday be studied as a notorious mass illusion. In the meantime, real children — kids who get earaches and like Big Bird and are crabby when they aren’t fed and whose eyes widen in wonder when they meet Santa Claus — will pay the price for this pernicious folly.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1995-12-24), “Look to the Children of the Poor in This Season of Budget-Slashing,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83595/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #conservatives #government #poor #poverty #publicpolicy #rightwing #safetynet #socialprogram #socialwelfare #welfare
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The way one solves problems obviously influences not only the outcome, but the kinds of problems one faces after the immediate problem is settled.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83403/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #consequence #endsandmeans #knockoneffect #meansandends #problem #problemsolving
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There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now. We are brushing off world opinion as though it mattered not a whit what other people think of us.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/15883/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #differenceofopinion #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalcommunity #internationalrelations #opinion #opinionofothers #triumphalism #arrogance #hubris
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There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now. We are brushing off world opinion as though it mattered not a whit what other people think of us.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/15883/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #differenceofopinion #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalcommunity #internationalrelations #opinion #opinionofothers #triumphalism #arrogance #hubris
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There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now. We are brushing off world opinion as though it mattered not a whit what other people think of us.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/15883/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #differenceofopinion #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalcommunity #internationalrelations #opinion #opinionofothers #triumphalism #arrogance #hubris
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There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now. We are brushing off world opinion as though it mattered not a whit what other people think of us.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/15883/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #differenceofopinion #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalcommunity #internationalrelations #opinion #opinionofothers #triumphalism #arrogance #hubris
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There is a batty degree of triumphalism loose in this country right now. We are brushing off world opinion as though it mattered not a whit what other people think of us.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-11-19), “Blast from the Past,” Creators Syndicate columnMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/15883/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #differenceofopinion #foreignaffairs #foreignrelations #internationalcommunity #internationalrelations #opinion #opinionofothers #triumphalism #arrogance #hubris
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I’ve never had much use for management myself. I’ve worked for a wide variety of managements, and the result is that I always join a union if there’s one available. When management was the art of getting a whole bunch of people together to do something in the best way possible, I had some interest in it. But now that it has become an endless quest for increased quarterly profits, I find it boring and a menace to quality.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1997-01-30), “Dumped by Disney,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83207/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #business #earnings #leadership #ledger #management #profit
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This has happened before in our history — in fact, it’s a pretty predictable reaction to fear. We get so rattled by some big Scary Thing — communism or crime or drugs or illegal aliens or terrorism — something that scares us so much, we think we can make ourselves safer by giving up some of our freedom. Now, not only does that not hold a drop of water as a logical proposition but it has consistently proved to be an illusion as a practical matter. Empirically, when you make yourself less free, you are not safe, you are just less free.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Bill of Wrongs, Introduction (2007) [with Lou Dubose]More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/81677/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #crime #fear #freedom #immigration #liberty #overreaction #RedScare #safety #scare #security #terrorism #waronterror -
Documentary on Molly Ivins is now on HBO. We need as many reporters like her as we can get. Sorely missed.
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
Trailer:
#pn_film #Movies #Documentaries #Documentary #MollyIvins #RaiseHell #RaiseHellTheLifeAndTimesOfMollyIvins
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Our politicians have truly made a pact with the Devil. One watches them spend more and more of their time and energy grubbing, coaxing, flattering, and whoring for money. Terrified of being cut off from the mother’s milk, they stand like morons in the rising sea of contempt that threatens to drown the whole system. Then they wonder why no one likes them anymore.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/80992/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #campaignfinance #campaign spending #fundraising #money #politicians #corruption
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Our political system has been thoroughly corrupted, and by the usual suspect — money, what else? The corruption is open, obscene, and unmistakable. The way campaigns are financed is a system of legalized bribery. We have a government of special interests, by special interests, and for special interests. And that will not change until we change the way campaigns are financed.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/45433/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #bribery #campaign #contribution #corruption #election #money #politicalsystem #politics #specialinterests
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Our political system has been thoroughly corrupted, and by the usual suspect — money, what else? The corruption is open, obscene, and unmistakable. The way campaigns are financed is a system of legalized bribery. We have a government of special interests, by special interests, and for special interests. And that will not change until we change the way campaigns are financed.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/45433/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #bribery #campaign #contribution #corruption #election #money #politicalsystem #politics #specialinterests
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Our political system has been thoroughly corrupted, and by the usual suspect — money, what else? The corruption is open, obscene, and unmistakable. The way campaigns are financed is a system of legalized bribery. We have a government of special interests, by special interests, and for special interests. And that will not change until we change the way campaigns are financed.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/45433/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #bribery #campaign #contribution #corruption #election #money #politicalsystem #politics #specialinterests
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Our political system has been thoroughly corrupted, and by the usual suspect — money, what else? The corruption is open, obscene, and unmistakable. The way campaigns are financed is a system of legalized bribery. We have a government of special interests, by special interests, and for special interests. And that will not change until we change the way campaigns are financed.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/45433/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #bribery #campaign #contribution #corruption #election #money #politicalsystem #politics #specialinterests
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Our political system has been thoroughly corrupted, and by the usual suspect — money, what else? The corruption is open, obscene, and unmistakable. The way campaigns are financed is a system of legalized bribery. We have a government of special interests, by special interests, and for special interests. And that will not change until we change the way campaigns are financed.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1998-01), “Introduction,” You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You (1998)More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/45433/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #bribery #campaign #contribution #corruption #election #money #politicalsystem #politics #specialinterests
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The odd thing about these television discussions designed to “get all sides of the issue” is that they do not feature a spectrum of people with different views on reality. Rather, they frequently give us a face-off between those who see reality and those who have missed it entirely. In the name of objectivity, we are getting fantasy-land.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1987-03), “Killing the Messenger,” The Progressive MagazineMore info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79898/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #balance #bothsides #debate #discussion #journalism #pundits #reality #truth
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Legislators do not merely mix metaphors: they are the Waring blenders of metaphors, the Cuisinarts of the field. By the time you let the head of the camel into the tent, opening a loophole big enough to drive a truck through, you may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater by putting a Band-Aid on an open wound, and then you have to turn over the first rock in order to find a sacred cow.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1989-09-17), “On Language: The Legislative Mangle,” New York Times MagazineMore info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/79685/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #communication #metaphor #mixedmetaphor #politicians #rhetoric
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Seems to me it’s a simple concept — the concentration of wealth is a Bad Idea. Since capital tends to concentrate, it is one of the functions of government to oppose this tendency. That’s why we used to have antimonopoly laws and the like.
When you see government encouraging the concentration of wealth, check your wallet.Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1991-02), “Season of Drear,” The ProgressiveMore info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/78877/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #antimonopoly #capital #capitalism #concentrationofwealth #economicinjustice #government #kleptocracy #monopoly #plutocracy #publicpolicy #riches #wealth
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They used to say that Texas was hell on women and horses — I don’t know why they stopped.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1986), “Texas Women: True Grit and All the Rest,” Texas Celebrates! commemorative magazineMore info about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/78933/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #equalrights #mistreatment #animalrights #Texas #women
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The most disturbing development among the Washington press corps is a collective amnesia about the purpose of a newspaper — which is to gather news. The mortal sins of the press have always been our sins of omission, not our sins of commission, no matter what you may have heard about bias, hubris, or anything 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.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1990-02), “Mimic Men,” Mother JonesSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/78241/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #journalism #news #newspaper #press #presscoverage
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The War on Drugs is the perfect substitute for the Cold War. We can continue to pursue policies that don’t work on the cheerful assumption that if we just do more of what doesn’t work, it will solve the problem.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1990-02), “The Czar is Hooked,” The ProgressiveSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/78096/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #futility #policy #problemsolving #Prohibition #warondrugs
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In my opinion, there’s not a thing wrong with the ideals and mechanisms outlined and the liberties set forth in the Constitution of the United States. The only problem was, the founders left a lot of people out of the Constitution. They left out poor people and black people and female people. 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. And it still goes on today.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1987-09-11), “We the People,” Texas ObserverSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/17277/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #America #civilliberties #civilrights #classism #Constitution #diversity #equalrights #equality #founders #inclusion #inequality #liberty #racism #sexism #economicinjustuce #other
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There’s no excuse for spreading misinformation just because it comes from someone in a high place.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism ReviewSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76772/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #journalism #media #misinformation #perspective #power #press #professionalism #reporting #standards
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Whatever you do, don’t give up. Because all you can do once you’ve given up is bitch.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism ReviewSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76698/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #acquiescence #bitching #complain #giveup #struggle #surrender
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Being a cynic is so contemptibly easy. If you let yourself think that nothing you’re working on is ever going to make any difference, why bust your tail over it? Why care? If you’re a cynic, you don’t have to invest anything in your work. No effort, no pride, no compassion, no sense of excellence, nothing.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1973-01), “Pitfalls of Reporting in the Lone Star State,” Houston Journalism ReviewSourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/76537/\
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #cynicism #effort #engagement #investment #makingadifference #quality
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Molly Ivins was an amazing woman.
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Today would have been Molly Ivins’ 80th birthday. I miss her…
“Listen to the people who are talking about how to fix what's wrong,
not the ones who just work people into a snit over the problems.
Listen to the people who have ideas about how to fix things,
not the ones who just blame others.”
~ #MollyIvins
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This is should be mandatory reading for everyone, but especially today, especially now (as was ever the truth). Molly Ivins would make a man nearly proud to be a Texan. That last bit is a joke, there. Don't come at me with your lassos and hot sauce.
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@Subumbral
I just minutes ago finished Calvin Trillin's book, The Lede. He has a chapter on them!I lived in the Houston area when Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. Politics there have always been like a sport, but unlike now, it wasn't Hunger Games.
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@Subumbral
I just minutes ago finished Calvin Trillin's book, The Lede. He has a chapter on them!I lived in the Houston area when Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. Politics there have always been like a sport, but unlike now, it wasn't Hunger Games.
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@Subumbral
I just minutes ago finished Calvin Trillin's book, The Lede. He has a chapter on them!I lived in the Houston area when Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. Politics there have always been like a sport, but unlike now, it wasn't Hunger Games.
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@Subumbral
I just minutes ago finished Calvin Trillin's book, The Lede. He has a chapter on them!I lived in the Houston area when Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. Politics there have always been like a sport, but unlike now, it wasn't Hunger Games.
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@Subumbral
I just minutes ago finished Calvin Trillin's book, The Lede. He has a chapter on them!I lived in the Houston area when Ann Richards was the Governor of Texas. Politics there have always been like a sport, but unlike now, it wasn't Hunger Games.
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Seriously, can you just IMAGINE what Molly Ivins would have to say about the situation today?
