Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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Take me, I am the drug; take me, I am hallucinogenic.
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Everything I do now is a first.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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I was described as a dreamer, a fantasist, even as the village idiot. I didn't care. What I cared about was convincing people to allow me to go on with my work.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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I like very much to put on fashion shows.
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
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It's never easy to adapt a book, especially as the author, because it's as if you're chopping off appendages. It really feels painful to decide what has to go.
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Each one of my budgets has taken a meat axe to foreign aid, because I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that hate us.
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Kids definitely go into bookstores after reading 'Twilight' and want something else like it.
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Are kids smarter than adults? All evidence points to that being true.
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I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero!
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Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
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One of the joys of teaching with the anthology is to watch the excitement grow as students, who may think the past dull and irrelevant, find how fresh and new and powerful are the kinds of writings that are hundreds of years old.
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Without imagination we can go nowhere. And imagination is not restricted to the arts. Every scientist I have met who has been a success has had to imagine.
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In my own relationships, I know that I should break up with someone who doesn't encourage me to be strong and make my own choices and do what's best in my life, so if you're dating someone who doesn't want you to be the best person you can be, you shouldn't be dating them.
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I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
Gail Devers -
What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.
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Computer dating is fine, if you're a computer.
