Rita Mae Brown Quotes
What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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From the beginning of my time as Secretary-General, I have sought to advance a practical, action-oriented vision of the U.N. as the voice of the voiceless and the defender of the defenceless.
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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
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What I love about 'Midnight Train' is that it's a song about a journey, but the music actually takes you on that journey. It feels like you're moving through the whole song.
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I feel like a good mom. I'm a strong woman now... Don't look down on me. Pray for me because I'm trying.
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In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary.
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I love comfort. Comfort is very key to me because I spend most of my time in very uncomfortable things, so it's all about trainers and flats.
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On the men's side we are short in some areas, so we hope to see strong performances out of the areas in which we have strong athletes. We look to continue developing in our throwing events, while also getting our distance runners going.
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Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and women in uniform - people who believed so deeply in America, they were willing to give their lives for it.
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We who have seen him now, light on his feet, smooth moving as a leopard, a young man with an old man's science, the most beautiful fighting machine I have ever seen, may live to see him fat, slow, old, and bald taking a beating from a younger man. But I would like to hazard a prediction that whoever beats Joe Louis in an honest fight in the next fifteen years will have to get up the floor to do it.
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To back away from fear is the worst thing you can do. Fear shows.
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How can tyrants safely govern home, Unless abroad they purchase great alliance.
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What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
