Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship.
Quotes to Explore
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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I think that the training of architects allows you to see what will happen ten years ahead of time, or twenty. It's not guessing, it's not intuitive, it's based on research - and we may be wrong.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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Bullfights have so much color. Not just the matador but also the bull, the arena, and the public. It's all very festive.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other.
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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Traditional broadcast media seems old-fashioned and vague to me. When I watch television news, I'm aware of what skilled journalists they are, but I find it hard because of the corny way they present it.
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If my role in a film is meaty, and I get a good song along with it, then why not?
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It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.
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When I get on a plane these days, I go first class.
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Creative people do not belong in the university because the process is antithetical to the analytical process so necessary for proper scholarship.
