Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
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No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love
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Never, ever underestimate your readers. Everything you do registers.
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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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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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I believe every change any word has undergone probably originated in ignorance.
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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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To have meaningful work is a tremendous happiness.
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Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.
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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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When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.
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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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You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.
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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 believe that we often disguise pain through ritual and it may be the only solace we have.
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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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Mothers have a habit of proving right except you don't find that out until you're the age your mother was when she gave you the advice.
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A narcissism shared by two.
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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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It's still easier to take a blow from outside than it is to be disgusted with myself for not taking a stand. I don't know how people can live and not fight back but apparently millions do. They must hate themselves.
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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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The only people are those who don't love anybody.
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I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.
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Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.