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Molly Ivins Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 30, 1944 - January 31, 2007

Topics

Powerful Aim Satire Cruel Powerless

You look at 'Arrested Development' or 'Community,' we're constantly either deconstructing genre or tone. We like to say it's like being a mad scientist: you get to play in a laboratory and experiment with directions to take narrative in.

Community You Look Mad Play Say

People reveal so much of their mental processes online, simply because the psychological effect of anonymity just means that a whole raft of inhibitions are left alone when people log on.

Alone People Reveal Mental Left

I can understand how you can feel very lucky about the kind of life you live but also intrigued and magnetized to a different life.

Life Live Feel You I Can Understand

No salesman can ever guarantee you a grant from any government or non-profit organization.

Government Organization You Salesman

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

Life Positive Attitude Time Mind

Win on your merit, not your skin color.

Win Color Skin Skin Color Your

If the Islamic State is losing, if they are defeated in Iraq and Syria, or in Libya, which is maybe their most dangerous and most well-developed cell today, then they won't inspire nearly so many attacks.

Today Losing Inspire Dangerous Syria

In the dressing room, I always put on my right shoe first. Same thing for my right wristband.

Mary Lou Retton

Shoe First Right Same Dressing Room

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

Men True Check Fail Willing Rather

If Obama came by his liberalism in the faculty lounge, then sure, he can see it hasn't worked, and he can modify it. But if Obama got his formative ideas when he was very young, and if they are the result of his traumatic relationship with his father, then they are built into his psyche.

Father Relationship Ideas Result See

The personal mission statement was important for me because I believe that you can't lead others unless you have a strong sense of who you are and what you stand for.

Denise Morrison

Me Believe Strong Stand Mission You

Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer.

Good Great Man Always Well Idea

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