Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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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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Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.
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A narcissism shared by two.
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I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.
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One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.
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Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.
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Never hope for it more than you work for it.
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The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.
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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 hate the telephone. I think the lowest circle of hell is reserved for Alexander Graham Bell.
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I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.
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When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
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Gossip is irresponsible communication. Irresponsible because it is at the expense of another person who is not there to defend herself. Irresponsible because it is not constructive: it helps no one, least of all the person being gossiped about.
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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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You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
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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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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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Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
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If critics want to help me, let them come sit next to me while I'm writing.
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I think in the years to come what Reagan will be remembered for is that he had the chance to stop the plague and he chose not to because the 'right people' were dying.
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Guilt is a Jewish invention improved upon by Christians for the last two thousand years.
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We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?
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Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.
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Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.