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Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins , foi uma colunista, comentadora política, e escritora de bestsellers norte-americana. Wikipedia  

✵ 30. Agosto 1944 – 31. Janeiro 2007
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Molly Ivins Frases famosas

“Ter cancro da mama é uma quantia massiva de falta de divertimento. Primeiro mutilam-te; depois envenenam-te; e depois queimam-te. Tenho estado em encontros cegos melhores que esse.”

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“Por isso continuem a lutar por liberdade e justiça, mas não se esqueçam de ter divertimento ao fazê-lo. Senhor, deixai o teu sorriso avançar. Sejam ultrajosos, rejubilem em todas as odisseias que a liberdade pode produzir. E quando receberes, através de pontapés no traseiro e celebrações, o prazer absoluto do bom combate, está seguro para dizer aqueles que vêm depois de ti quão divertido isso foi.”

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“Se me deixasse no meu próprio dispositivo, gastaria todo o meu tempo mostrando que ele é fraco como a malagueta das estações de autocarros.”

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sobre Bill Clinton

“Se o seu QI diminui temos que hidratá-lo duas vezes por dia.”

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sobre James M. Collins
Esta citação engendrou uma controvérsia substancial, com telefonemas e cartas a choverem torrencialmente no seu jornal, o Dallas Times Herald. O jornal transformou a controvérsia numa campanha publicitária, com placards por toda a cidade perguntando, "Molly Ivins não pode dizer isso, ... pode?", frase que ela usou para título do seu primeiro livro.

Molly Ivins: Frases em inglês

“I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag.”

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“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.”

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“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention."

[, The Nation, June 18, 2001]”

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Shrub Flubs His Dub http://www.thenation.com/article/shrub-flubs-his-dub, May 31, 2001. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
Contexto: The next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please, pay attention.
Bush was replaced by his exceedingly Lite Guv Rick Perry, who has really good hair. Governor Goodhair, or the Ken Doll (see, all Texans use nicknames—it's not that odd), is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. But the chair of a major House committee says, "Goodhair is much more engaged as governor than Bush was." As the refrain of the country song goes, "O Please, Dear God, Not Another One."

“I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.”

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“There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.”

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“I don't so much mind that newspapers are dying - it's watching them commit suicide that pisses me off.”

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“I just finished with nine months of treatment for cancer. First they poison you, then they mutilate you, then they burn you. I've had more fun. And when it's over, you’re so glad that you're grateful to absolutely everyone. And I am. The trouble is, I'm not a better person. I was in great hopes that confronting my own mortality would make me deeper, more thoughtful. Many lovely people sent books on how to find a more spiritual meaning in life. My response was, "Oh, hell, I can’t go on a spiritual journey—I'm constipated."”

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October 2000 syndicated column

“Many people did not care for Pat Buchanan's speech; it probably sounded better in the original German.”

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Notes from Another Country https://books.google.com/books?id=dlGDAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT46&ots=4hYUXc8Ko7&dq=%22Notes%20from%20Another%20Country%22%20molly&pg=PT47#v=onepage&q=%22Notes%20from%20Another%20Country%22%20molly&f=false. Retrieved Dec 2, 2015.

“On Bill Clinton: "If left to my own devices, I'd spend all my time pointing out that he's weaker than bus-station chili. But the man is so constantly subjected to such hideous and unfair abuse that I wind up standing up for him on the general principle that some fairness should be applied. Besides, no one but a fool or a Republican ever took him for a liberal."”

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Introduction to You Got to Dance With Them What Brung You. Salon.com, The quotable Ivins http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2000/12/12/ivins_quotes/index.html, Dec. 12, 2000. Retrieved February 1, 2007.

“Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not socialists or communists, we are proponents of regulated capitalism and, I might add, people who have read American history.”

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I Told You So http://archive.is/1zUT5, May 30, 2002.

“On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don’t need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.”

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Dec. 14, 1999 syndicated column

“All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don’t think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it’s all marvelous fun.”

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Texas Observer, Notes from a rookie, March 26, 1971.

“My friend Mercedes Pena made me get in touch with my emotions just before I had a breast cut off. Just as I suspected, they were awful. "How do you Latinas do this—all the time in touch with your emotions?" I asked her. "That's why we take siestas," she replied.”

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Time Magazine, Who Needs Breasts, Anyway? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001832-1,00.html, Feb. 18, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2007.

“Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that.”

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Time Magazine, Who Needs Breasts, Anyway? http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1001832-1,00.html, Feb. 18, 2002. Retrieved February 1, 2007.

“I assume we can defeat Hussein without great cost to our side (God forgive me if that is hubris). The problem is what happens after we win. The country is 20 percent Kurd, 20 percent Sunni and 60 percent Shiite. Can you say, 'Horrible three-way civil war?”

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Appalling silence http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/1/2003/20, January 16, 2003. Retrieved February 1, 2007.

“There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity -- like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule -- that's what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel -- it's vulgar. —quoted in People magazine interview, 1991.”

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"The Mouth of Texas." People Weekly, Dec. 9, 1991.