Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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The thing is that pictures are everywhere. The question is what we don't see, and why don't we see so much. I just see it.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog.
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America is addicted to wars of distraction.
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I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. People's habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.
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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
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Just because scientists have the knowledge to do it, the technology to do it, and some may even have a financial motive or other incentive to do it, does not make it right.
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There's always 30 or 40 Christians standing around, saying, 'It's a shame that he has to die.' And Jesus is saying, 'Well, maybe I wouldn't have to if somebody would get a ladder and pair of pliers!!'
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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There are only about four hundred people in New York society.
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I could spend my life having meetings, a meeting to have another meeting, a hundred meetings to have another thousand meetings. It's not what I'm about. I don't want to have to get in a queue; that's not how I like to live.
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I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
