Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.
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many lesbians were so far in the closet they were in danger of being mistaken for garment bags.
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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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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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Adjectives are the curse of America.
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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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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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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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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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Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.
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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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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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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.
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As for loving woman, I have never understood why some people had a fit. I still don't. It seems fine to me. If an individual is productive responsible, and energetic, why should her choice in a partner make such a fuss? The government is only too happy to take my tax money and yet they uphold legislation that keeps me a second class citizen. Surely, there should be a tax break for those of us who are robbed of full and equal participation and protection in the life of our nation.
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
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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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I don't believe in straight or gay. I really don't. I think we're all degrees of bisexual.
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Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
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Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.
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Normal is the average of deviance.