Rita Mae Brown Quotes
I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.

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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I'm not interested in closure. Some people just have heart attacks and die, right? There's no closure.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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Science is about unravelling nature.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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The turkey has a destiny which ends on San Martino's day.
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Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good.
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On the PGA Tour, guys finish in the top 10, make a ton of money and think they're great players. In my era, you had to win. We didn't settle for anything else.
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If you're a comedian, you can change peoples lives for the better in much smaller increments - not their entire life, but for 15 minutes or a half hour.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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I have so many indulgences - way too many. But I think also you work out to be able to eat what you want. You can be healthy, but you have to let yourself live.
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If I'm not playing well, I do get down on myself because I am a perfectionist. So I need someone who believes in me more than I believe in me, someone willing to work as hard as I work. I don't understand what no means or what failure means; I only understand what yes means and try again means.
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Some people think of feminine as just being pretty and quiet and sweet, but I also think being feminine is being angry and also being sexy and aggressive and passionate.
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I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.