Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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We have the ability to be the Athens of modern times as opposed to the militaristic Sparta. I remind you that the Athenians wrote poetry. The Spartans did not.
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I used to think romantic love was a neurosis shared by two, a supreme foolishness. I no longer think that. There's nothing foolish in loving anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish.
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Never underestimate the power of self-absorption, including your parents' self-absorption.
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I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.
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The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
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Class is much more than Marx's definition of relationship to the means of production. Class involved your behavior, your basic assumptions, how you are taught to behave, what you expect from yourself and from others, your concept of a future, how you understand problems and solve them, how you think, feel, act.
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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
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What's the point of prolonging your life if you don't enjoy it? It's your body. Do whatever you want with it. Better to wear out than rust over.
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As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.
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Life matters more than any painting, novel, film, or great big diamond.
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To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.
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I'm sorry that our country and the people do not consider the arts as vital to our well-being as, say, medicine. Suffering is unnecessary. It doesn't make you a better artist; it only makes you a hungry one. However, to me the acquisition of the craft of writing was worth any amount of suffering.
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Oppression works in such a way that it holds every person responsible for the acts of any wrongdoer of the oppressed group.
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The human animal dances wildest on the edge of the grave.
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Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.
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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
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My lesbianism is an act of Christian charity. All those women out there praying for a man, and I'm giving them my share.
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Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.
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Femininity and masculinity are social constructs. Female and male are biological. We don't have to learn to be men or women but we do have to learn to be ladies and gentlemen.
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Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.
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When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
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Knowing Latin and having two years of Attic Greek gave me the strong foundation upon which I've built a career. I think the classical training, more than anything, has provided me with longevity.
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I hate the telephone. I think the lowest circle of hell is reserved for Alexander Graham Bell.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.