Rita Mae Brown Quotes

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

Rita Mae Brown

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• I didn't grow up thinking I'd be a decorator. Design is my greatest passion, and it naturally just pulled me down the path. Same with TV. Being famous or having a show was never the motivation. I got a call and was swept up by the challenge of that first small space redesign.

  

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• We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

  

  Rita Mae Brown
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  • Thinking
  • Live