Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
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It's such an honor to do this job because I love it. And I get to work outside, and what can beat that?
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them.
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You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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Waste paper is like a forest - paper recycles itself, generation after generation.
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My favourite trainers are Converse.
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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'Everybody is born good and everybody has got the same size soul. We're here to connect with that.'
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We're all a big hippie family so I got five sisters and a bunch of different mothers. Not really, but my sisters' mothers are all good friends with my mother. We're a big family, 25 people.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
