Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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Consider the "new" woman. She's trying to be Pollyanna Borgia, clearly a conflict of interest. She's supposed to be a ruthless winner at work and a bundle of nurturing sweetness at home.
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
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Divorce: fission after fusion.
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friendship is love made bearable.
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We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble.
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There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.
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Would it upset men if they found out we weren't different? Are we? Aren't we? Damned if I know.
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I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.
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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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Adjectives are the curse of America.
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I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.
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Political elections are not life and death.
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In art as in politics we must deal with people as they are not as we wish them to be. Only by working with the real can you get closer to the ideal.
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Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.
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Dean: Don't you find that somewhat of an aberration? Doesn't this disturb you my dear? After all, it's not normal. Molly: I know it's not normal for people in this world to be happy, and I'm happy.
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When God made man she was practicing.
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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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If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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Why marry a woman if you're going to betray her, and if you're going to betray her, why beat her? The fault is not hers ... I sometimes think the worst we do, we do behind closed doors.
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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.
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I have changed my definition of tragedy. I now think tragedy is not foul deeds done to a person (usually noble in some manner) but rather that tragedy is irresolvable conflict.
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What happens to children and families today who sit around the television? They're watching made-up stories. It's not their experience and it's not truly shared. A human being must learn at a very young age how to connect to other human beings. Our technologies are driving us apart, only connecting us in terms of information, not in terms of emotions.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!