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“With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.”

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Molly Ivins was a prominent American columnist, born on August 30, 1944, and passed away on January 31, 2007. Known for her sharp wit and humorous style, she wrote columns for publications such as The Houston Chronicle and The New Yorker. more

“It is quite reasonable to subscribe both to the old saw that no good girl was ever ruined by a book and to the perception that it is not good for children to be constantly exposed to the sexual violence in our popular culture. Protecting children seems to me logically, legally, and rather easily differentiated from censorship.”

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“We often seem to be swimming through such a miasma of sexual violence - in advertising, television programming, heavy metal, rap, films, and worst of all, in the home - that even First Amendment absolutists sometimes daydream about how nice it would be to have government-as-nanny just outlaw all this effluent.”

“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.”

People Ideas Problem Talking Blame Problem Solving

Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You

“The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer by sacrificing some of our liberties. We did it during the McCarthy era out of fear of communism. Less liberty is regularly proposed as a solution to crime, to pornography, to illegal immigration, to abortion, to all kinds of threats.”

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

Thinking Sometimes Reality Might Checks Wander Texas

Book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?

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“the more a body tries to explode all the foolish myths that have grown up about Texas by telling the truth, the more a body will wind up adding to the mythology.”

Trying Body Wind Myth Foolish Mythology Telling The Truth Texas

Book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?

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“no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.”

States Facts Social Hell Progress Horse Texas Legends Accused Macho Social Progress Vanguard

Book:Molly Ivins Can't Say That, Can She?

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“Texas liberals are the camels of good news. We can cross entire deserts between oases.”

News Crosses Desert Texas Good News Camels Oasis

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“If an armed nation were a polite nation, America would be paradise. We have more than 200 million guns in private owernship here. But our manners are not getting better.”

Ifs Would Be America Nations Millions Gun Manners Get Better Paradise Polite

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“I learned two things growing up in Texas. 1: God loves you, and you're going to burn in hell forever. 2: Sex is the dirtiest and most dangerous thing you can possibly do, so save it for someone you love.”

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