Rita Mae Brown Quotes
If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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I think we have to pay attention to the Arab masses not just in the Gulf States, but also in the hinterlands.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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I grew up pretty much with nothing.
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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.
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I don't want to be held down by genres so much.
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We have but one flag, one country; let us stand together. We may differ in color, but not in sentiment. Many things have been said about me which are wrong, and which white and black persons here, who stood by me through the war, can contradict.
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In 2014, Utah cities Salt Lake City and Provo both surpassed Silicon Valley in per-deal venture capital averages. From large, multi-campus companies to promising start-ups, Silicon Slopes offers a promising climate for businesses. The entire tech industry has its eyes on Utah.
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Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But Mr. Obama's budget adds $9.3 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years. What happened to Obama the deficit hawk?
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As soon as you say that there is a community called, let's say, black Americans, you've immediately created a boundary line - who's in that group, who's outside that group.
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I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.
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I'm an explorer.
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Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!
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I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
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Dartmoor proper consists of that upland region of granite, rising to nearly 2,000 feet above the sea, and actually shooting above that height at a few points, which is the nursery of many of the rivers of Devon.
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In writing 'The Satanic Verses,' I think I was writing for the first time from the whole of myself. The English part, the Indian part. The part of me that loves London, and the part that longs for Bombay. And at my typewriter, alone, I could indulge this.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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Black was not the universal hue of mourning in Europe. In Castile, white obtained on the death of its princes.
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Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.
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If Michaelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller.
