Rita Mae Brown Quotes
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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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Tennis is physical chess.
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It's an act of faith to be a writer in a postliterate world.
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It's a big jump from smart to motherwit.
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Every day you're alive and someone loves you is a miracle.
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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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If you can't raise consciousness, at least raise hell.
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Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.
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Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.
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People who care for you inevitably become beautiful.
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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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Pain isn't always the enemy.
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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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Mother believed in enjoying herself. Aunt Mimi believed in enjoying herself, then feeling guilty about it.
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Odd thing about death ... it reaffirms life.
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The owner of Mojo's was a suicide blonde, dyed by her own hand.
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I can only say I wish I had slept with everyone I am accused of.
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Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.
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England is an aquarium, not a nation.
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I'm not a person who worries too much about what I've done.
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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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I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.
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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.
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Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.