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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

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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.

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One of the things I said was that I had been in great hopes that I would become a better person as a result of confronting my own mortality, but it actually never happened. I didn't become a better person.

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The only reason to have a positive mental attitude is that it makes life better. It doesn't cure cancer.

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We liberals do sometimes forsake our vows of compassion for all mankind.

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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.

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

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The Federal Reserve system obviously doesn't work anymore - they keep lowering the federal discount rate, and all that happens is that the banks are making a fortune, and the old folks' CDs are getting chewed up.

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If Bush does make it to the White House, he and Laura should have Ken Starr over for dinner.

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Don't get me started about the media double standard.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 30th, 1944

Died: January 31st, 2007

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