Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 30. August 1944 |
Geburtsort | Monterey, California, U.S. |
Todesort | Austin,_Texas |
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Beschreibung | Mary Tyler "Molly" Ivins (August 30, 1944 – January 31, 2007) was an American newspaper columnist, author, political commentator, and humorist. Born in California and raised in Texas, Ivins attended Smith College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She began her journalism career at the Minneapolis Tribune where she became the first female police reporter at the paper. Ivins joined The Texas Observer in the early 1970s and later moved to The New York Times. She became a columnist for the Dallas Times Herald in the 1980s, and then the Fort Worth Star-Telegram after the Times Herald was sold and shuttered (1991). Her column was subsequently syndicated by Creators Syndicate and carried by hundreds of newspapers. |
As they say around the Texas Legislature, if you can't drink their whiskey, screw their women, take their money, and vote against 'em anyway, you don't belong in office.
I've always found it easier to be funny than to be serious.
Many a time freedom has been rolled back - and always for the same sorry reason: fear.
And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win.
So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
Havin' fun while freedom fightin' must be one of those lunatic Texas traits we get from the water - which is known to have lithium in it - because it goes all the way back to Sam Houston, surely the most lovable, the most human, and the funniest of all the great men this country has ever produced.
