Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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Never hope for it more than you work for it.
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Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
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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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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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Death is a greatly overrated experience. I hated Mother's and I'm not looking forward to my own. Apart from the sorrow there are the bills to be paid. Nobody dies for free.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
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I believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.
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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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The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.
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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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all outcast peoples struggle to be recognized as individuals. The damage of oppression is that it robs you of your individuality. You're just a faggot. Or whatever - fill in the blank. Everything you do is seen through the prism of your gayness or your womanness or your blackness by some people.
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I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.
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I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
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Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.
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Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.
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Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.
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Mother love is the most powerful, the most irrational force on earth, even more powerful than sexual love. However, one does lead to the other, so best not to spurn the former.
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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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Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?
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Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.
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One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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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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There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.