Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
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I'll promise to go easier on drinking and to get to bed earlier, but not for you, fifty thousand dollars, or two-hundred and fifty thousand dollars will I give up women. They're too much fun.
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The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
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The market for local advertising is in the billions.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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It is in revolutionary periods that the culmination of previous trends and the beginning of new ones appear.
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I think a great athlete transcends eras.
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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
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All the animals I've painted always have a relationship with man. I have been told that part of the knowledge of the human anatomy comes from animals.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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I have lived the life of the entrepreneur, and so I know the pain they are feeling. I know the daily ups and downs they go through. You know, they have their highs and lows sometimes within a matter of hours in a day.
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I did a gig at a comedy club in Bournemouth where they served a buffet while the acts were on. There was the clang of people carving turkey during the set. If you put comedy and turkey side by side, turkey always wins.
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I never said, 'I wouldn't help a cricketer if he approaches me.'
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I would be lying if I told you that I hadn't had aspirations to run for a statewide office.
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I feel, even if someone is blessed with good hair, one needs to follow the basic hair care regime, and that means investing in the correct shampoo, conditioner, and mask.
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Predicting rain doesn't count. Building arks does.
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I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
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I will say this: I've had more pro-life bills, I believe, I ruled unconstitutional - but I tried - than the entire total membership of Congress together.
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I think a good dollop of sadness is quite a useful thing in comedy sometimes. I think if everyone's happy all the time, it's a bit dull. It's like salt and caramel - you wouldn't imagine they would go well together, but they do.
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I love acting, but I want to explore other things.
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I studied psychology in school, and I learned how to understand people's feelings, how to get along with people and relate to people.
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It is among the evils of slavery that it taints the very sources of moral principle. It establishes false estimates of virtue and vice: for what can be more false and heartless than this doctrine which makes the first and holiest rights of humanity to depend upon the color of the skin?
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I do remember a lot of teachers saying I would do well on TV, as I have a 'modern look,' but I never knew how to take that.
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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
