Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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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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I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
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Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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compromise is the work of mature people.
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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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Tennis is physical chess.
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Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.
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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're afraid to die, you're afraid to live. You can't have one without the other.
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sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.
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Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
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If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
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Pain isn't always the enemy.
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Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.
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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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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
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Never let anyone or any social attitude stand in the way of your productivity.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
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I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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Why can't peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Let's pull together for peace.