Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are.
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There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.
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Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write.
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Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.
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Amalgamation is a good word that I like to use - musically and in every way.
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I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
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Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
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I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be.
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It might pay to be resilient, if this was all being vulnerable and skinless got you. People didn’t stop and cluck over damage done unless you made it worth their while. Indeed, maybe it was time to rethink this whole salvation business. Or maybe I was less desperate, less teetering on the edge than I cared to admit. Now, that was a refreshing possibility. People Done Vulnerable Desperate Possibility Resilient Salvation Damage Made Might Pay Refreshing Edges Ifs Whole Made It
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I call myself a geriatric starlet.
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In the railroads, some people read clearly printed departure signs and then proceed to ask several times what they say. On airplanes, they demand things they know they cannot have. In their cars, they load up, drive away and then suddenly realize they don't know where they're going.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
