Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't.
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This is the people's money, and we need to use it on their priorities. Increasing the pay of members of Congress is not their priority.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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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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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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I'm not a good writer. It takes me a long time to get there. I write and then rewrite and revise and do it over and over until I'm satisfied.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor; how to go about it was the question. I went to Australia for my studies; from there I told my dad that I also want to do a course in performing arts, but my father refused. So I completed my studies and came back. But I kept poking him, saying that acting is something that I want to do.
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I think the sensitivity that you need to create certain things sometimes would spill over into things that shouldn't have bothered me.
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The way I work, things are very nuanced; not everything is explained.
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I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.
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I'm strong-willed, but that doesn't mean I can't work with people if we're all in the mission of trying to make a good movie.
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With the Gap Band coming from Oklahoma, other artists would tease us by calling us cowboys. We didn't grow up on a ranch, but we took that style to the stage. We knew that it was corny, but at least it was ours.
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To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.
