Molly Ivins Quotes

When I was first diagnosed, I went out, as a book person, and got some books on cancer and looked up my version of the disease. It said that I had about a 5 percent chance of survival. I said, 'Gosh, well, it's been a good run.' What I didn't realize is that in the two years since those books were published, things had shifted dramatically.

Molly Ivins

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Throughout the world, our insistence on individual freedom and opportunity has been at the bottom of what people think when they hear the very word 'American.'

Jim Webb

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I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.

Andrew Eldritch

EnjoyStrangeRuleBritishBecause

I want to know diverse facts about such things as galaxies or molecules or proteins or insect species. I have an impulse to want to know the little details, which are usually of no significance to non-specialists. I own a dissection microscope, and if there is an insect in the house, I sometimes catch it and look at it under the microscope.

Robert J. Shiller

FactsDetailsLookHouseSometimes

Every time you see a new paradigm emerge, it's always new vendors that lead it. I can't think of one case where an incumbent led a paradigm shift.

Aneel Bhusri

TimeThinkYouNewAlwaysSee

It is repugnant to an American to inform upon his fellow citizens.

Sidney Buchman

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Sting is much better at switching off than I am. He can concentrate and meditate whatever might be going on in the room and is far more disciplined.

Trudie Styler

I AmBetterMoreWhateverRoomOff

My job has usually been to get on base so others can drive me in.

Rod Carew

JobMeDriveOthersGetBeen

It was deeply interesting to observe my mother closely and to draw her. During those last months, she wasn't speaking much, if at all, and it was a way for me to be with her. It felt very natural.

Roz Chast

MotherMeInterestingWaySheHer

I think that when you write for stars, I think that you have to be very specific about what they do beautifully and let them bring it to life.

Jason Robert Brown

LifeStarsThinkYouWriteBring

I have all the rhythm in my left hand, and I use the rhythms that Gene Krupa did on his drums.

Dick Dale

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Going to parties by myself? Yeah, I don't know if it's super cool or super uncool. I haven't decided yet.

Christian Cooke

MyselfCoolKnowGoingYeahDecided

I majored in musical theatre performance at college, then went through years of waiting tables and temping while looking for acting work.

Brooke Elliott

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