Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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North Korea, under its thirtysomething Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, is no country for old men. The latest casualty in Kim's ongoing purge of the senior military command was the defense minister, Hyon Yong-chol, who reportedly committed the classic old man's offense of falling asleep in a meeting.
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It's nature-nurture, right? I've been nurtured by Californians.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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America is huge.
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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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They hate whom they fear.
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I watch my films with my mum and other family members, you know. I also know there are thousands of women who watch my films. I don't want to set wrong examples.
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I don't care what other people think any more about me writing my own parts.
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You know, I did records by myself and I always will say the Isley Brothers, and featuring Ronald. I won't, you know, just, I won't try to deviate from the Isley Brothers, because that's what the family dream was all about.
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I wasn't born to a wealthy or powerful family - mother from Puerto Rico, dad from the South Bronx.
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
