Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
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There definitely will be flying cars, but whether there'll be flying cars for most people to use, it'll probably take a long time to straighten everything out, all the rules and hassles. It'll take a while to figure out how to keep people from crashing into each other.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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We are two brothers: I am a doctor; my brother is an engineer.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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You can be socially accepted and tell the truth about what it is to be a woman.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
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It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
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I was a foggy, erratic teenager: a fifth child, the last in the queue for conversation or attention.
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After I'd hit a home run and took my position in the field, the fans in the bleachers began throwing packages of tobacco at me. I stuffed them in my pocket.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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Dead men tell no tales.
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I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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We recorded our first CD, Sixteen Stone, with a small budget and never dreamed that we would enjoy such a high success. It was simply fantastic.
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I write in the weirdest places. I wrote 'Girl on the Coast' in my car with the kids in the back and Eric driving. I just wrote the whole thing on my phone. I just typed out the lyrics.
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I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.
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Sometimes, the simple things are more fun and meaningful than all the banquets in the world.
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True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.'
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Ultimate explanation no longer means only a story that encompasses everything.
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Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
