Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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Writers will happen in the best of families.
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For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.
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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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Divorce: fission after fusion.
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friendship is love made bearable.
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Political elections are not life and death.
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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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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
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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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Don't hope more than you're willing to work.
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I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.
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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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When God made man she was practicing.
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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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Adjectives are the curse of America.
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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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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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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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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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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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Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.
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Gossip is irresponsible communication.
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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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I write poetry. It comes naturally to me, but from a technical point of view it forces me to pay close attention to language and to scan.