The Resolute Woman

Category: courage

  • Prudence?

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    Molly Ivins sometimes—often—was outrageous, but she always spoke the truth. “I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years,” she once said. I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist.

  • The source of evil

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    “I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil,” Molly Ivins once said. “And that no one knows the truth.” I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy

  • Keep fighting–and have fun

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    Keep on fighting even if you don’t win. That’s advice from Molly Ivins. “The thing is this: You got to have fun while you’re fightin’ for freedom, ’cause you don’t always win,”  Ivins once said. I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy

  • Be outrageous

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    “Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t forget to have fun doin’ it,” Molly Ivins once said. “Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.” I recently watched a PBS documentary about Molly Ivins, the sometimes outrageous journalist. –Joy

  • A place in hell

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    We need to help each other. As Madeleine Albright, this country’s first female secretary of state, once said, “There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.”

  • A Black woman on the Supreme Court

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    Of course, it’s time for a Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. As President Joe Biden said, “For too long, our government, our courts, haven’t looked like America. I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talents and greatness of our nation with a nominee of extraordinary qualifications,…

  • Think outside your walls

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    I am writing letters for Beto, talking to friends on the phone and smiling at everyone I meet when I take my morning walk. I am tired of this pandemic and tired of hibernating, but I am trying my best to stay connected to the world. As John Ruskin once said, “A man or woman…

  • Speak up

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    One New Year’s resolution that I’ve made is to speak up—with a quiet, but forceful voice—and to speak up more often. As Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez advises, “They’ll tell you that you’re too loud, that you need to wait your turn and ask the right people for permission.” –Joy

  • New Year’s Resolutions!?

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    I haven’t written my New Year’s resolutions on paper yet, but there’s still time. I’m thinking about what to resolve to do during 2022. I’ll write down my resolutions as soon as all the Christmas decorations are stored safely and securely in the storage closet. As Elizabeth Warren once said, “Change is hard, and, if…

  • Sometimes she is depressed

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    Jane Goodall has hope. She wrote a book called The Book of Hope, but, in an interview in the November 5, 2021, issue of The Week, Goodall admits that sometimes she is depressed. “I mean, you have to feel depressed,” she says. “But, then, there’s something that says there is still an awful lot left…