Rita Mae Brown Quotes
Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
Quotes to Explore
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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A lot of panel programmes rely on men topping each other, or sparring with each other, which is not generally a very female thing.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.
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My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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I try not to look back on my life and be regretful.
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To anybody who says to me, 'I'm in character,' I say, 'You should be in an asylum.' If you don't know that you're pretending, then you should really seek medical help. I don't have patience for that stuff.
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I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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My senior year of high school, I got into UCLA, but my family couldn't afford it.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl.
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We know there are certain chemicals that are designed to give us a rush of pleasure. But, one of the most amazing things about being human is our capacity to override that pleasure. To either say, 'I don't need that pleasure right now. I'm going to ignore the craving.' Or to find something else that we find a deeper sense of reward from.
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Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.
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If we could not forget, we would never be free from grief.
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Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
