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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Rippling, rippling, rippling, like a flapping overlapping of soft flames, soft as feathers, running to points of brilliance, exquisite, exquisite and melting her all molten inside.
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There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?'
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My fridge is usually pretty empty. If I can get it together to order FreshDirect, I will have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge. But there isn't a ton of stuff you would cook with.
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I'm not great on television. That's one reason I don't do it very often.
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Have the courage to follow your passion - and if you don't know what it is, realize that one reason for your existence on earth is to find it.
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Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.
