Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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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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It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.
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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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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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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.
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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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Normal is the average of deviance.
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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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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.
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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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In sports, as in love, one can never pretend.
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People are like tea bags; you never know how strong they'll be until they're in hot water. In times of trouble, you not only discover what you truly believe but whether or not you can act on your beliefs.
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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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Gossip is irresponsible communication.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.
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One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"
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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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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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compromise is the work of mature people.