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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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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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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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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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 grew up watching stand-ups and thought it was so entertaining and unique - you didn't see that as a job description anywhere.
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People will say "You must miss playing to a thousand people." But I don't. I might miss playing. That's what I would miss, but I don't miss it, because I am playing.
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O proud philanthropist, your hope is vainTo get by giving what you lost by gain.
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It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
