Why do we have to lose the good ones?
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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I should confess that I’ve always been more of an observer than a participant in Texas Womanhood: the spirit was willing but I was declared ineligible on grounds of size early. You can’t be six feet tall and cute, both. I think I was first named captain of the basketball team when I was four and that’s what I’ve been ever since.
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I believe all Southern liberals come from the same starting point — race. Once you figure out they are lying to you about race, you start to question everything.
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The problem with those who choose received Authority over fact and logic is how they choose which part of Authority to obey. The Bible famously contradicts itself at many points (I have never understood why any Christian would choose the Old Testament over the New), and the Koran can be read as a wonderfully compassionate and humanistic document. Which suggests that the problem of fundamentalism lies not with authority, but with ourselves.
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I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth.
–Molly Ivins, 1944-2007