Molly Ivins quotes
David Bowie
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Thu Feb 1 14:33:23 UTC 2007
From: "Baker, John" <JMB at STRADLEY.COM>
> My favorite is "he was born on third base and thought he hit a
> triple." That's attributed to Ivins in reference to Bush (pere or
> fils), though I haven't tracked down whether it was actually Ivins who
> said it. It looks like some people attribute it to Ann Richards. I
> suspect the aphorism predated the application to Bush in any case.
I just read an article online in the _Chronicle of higher education_
that appears to have that line attributed to Barry Switzer.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/01/2007012901c/careers.html
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