Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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Fiction connects: past and present; the great and the small; the surface with the depths. Fiction brings out the innermost, invisible springs of life that cannot be revealed in factual narratives.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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The thing about the Nobel ceremony is that for a whole week, you get treated like a superstar. You get driven everywhere. You have minders who always make sure you get where you're going. And you always get into the back seat of the limo.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.
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Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.
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I've been lucky because Hollywood can be harsh and try to pigeonhole you. I've done TV, films, and comedy, done it all... I think I'm spread out evenly among the film community. I've been lucky and keep working with great actors.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Children, old crones, peasants, and dogs ramble; cats and philosophers stick to their point.
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You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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It has well been said that the arch-flatterer, with whom all petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.
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I've had a long association with the theater over the years but I had never produced a play and it was something that I'd always wanted to do.The movies moved away from dramas, and I think that I'm very excited by the opportunity to take smart writing that takes risks and see it on stage. It's exciting to see that engagement between the audience and the playwright.
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I still do have the little lunch bag that my mother made out of a towel and embroidered with my name on it for when I went to kindergarten.
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Our wings are small but the ripples of the heart are infinite.
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It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.
