Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
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compromise is the work of mature people.
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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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Never let money control you. I'd rather see someone spend every red cent and relish his/her life than scrimp, obsess, and pinch the pennies. There's something repugnant about a person who centers his life around money.
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The human animal varies from class to class, culture to culture. In one way we are consistent: We are irrational.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. No, but three will get you back on the freeway!
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Self-pity is the simplest luxury.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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Tennis is physical chess.
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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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Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.
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Adjectives are the curse of America.
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.
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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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A controller doesn't trust his/her ability to live through the pain and chaos of life. There is no life without pain just as there is no art without submitting to chaos.
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If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
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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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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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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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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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I don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.
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American hunting is quite different from English hunting because we don't hunt to kill. Even if I wanted to kill a fox, I couldn't. They're too smart and they have too many ways to escape me, whereas they don't in England.