Rita Mae Brown Quotes
No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.
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I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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When someone is bullying you, don't let it get to you. I remember my friends in school, someone said something mean to them, and they really let it get to them. And it really affected them. But I would just say try to ignore it as much as possible and just be yourself.
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Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too many. It's like art - you can see the cycles from many past artists and new artists being inspired by past artists.
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For future politics, I don't know what it holds, but if there's a possibility that the people want me to do another political office, again, maybe I'll do it.
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We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
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It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.
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I think the biggest thing is voice. Whose voice is it? Who gets to control the narrative?
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I was very young during 'Chachi 420' and don't remember much now.
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Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
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My dad is Irish. I spent my childhood going back and forth between Ireland and America.
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I know, for me, 'Grease' was one of the first musicals that I can really remember watching as a kid, and I kind of fell in love that that genre.
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The mistakes and unresolved difficulties of the past in mathematics have always been the opportunities of its future.
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Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'
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As children, we all hold on to the myth of omnipotence. Comics are successful because kids identify with superheroes. They'll read a book or watch a TV programme and say, 'I'm that guy.' And that guy is always the one in control.
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One of my principal childhood memories is hearing one of the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies waft throughout the house.
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I have to say that since my mother died, I am not the same person anymore. My life has changed a great deal because it's really unbearable to think you can't see her anymore or talk to her anymore.
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Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.
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It's an incredible privilege to be able to sit in front of a computer and spend a few hours just thinking and writing.
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We are all living in cages with the door wide open.
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No one remembers her beginnings. Mothers and aunts tell us about infancy and early childhood, hoping we won't forget the past when they had total control over our lives and secretly praying that because of it, we'll include them in our future.
